COX v. RIGGSBY

No. 78-1957.

595 F.2d 517 (1979)

Melvin Luther COX, Appellant, v. James R. RIGGSBY, Warden, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

April 23, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip M. Margolin, Portland, Or., for appellant.

Karen H. Green, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, Or., for appellee.

Before KILKENNY and SNEED, Circuit Judges, and WATERS, District Judge.


KILKENNY, Circuit Judge:

Appellant was convicted in the Oregon State Circuit Court of the crime of first degree murder. He appealed to the Oregon Court of Appeals where his conviction was affirmed. State of Oregon v. Cox, 12 Or.App. 215 (1972), 505 P.2d 360. His petition for rehearing in that court was denied and his petition for review in the Supreme Court of Oregon was likewise denied. Or. (1973). Subsequently, he filed a...

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