FREEMAN v. STATE OF GA.

No. 78-2871.

599 F.2d 65 (1979)

Holman FREEMAN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. STATE OF GEORGIA, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 18, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore S. Worozbyt, Atlanta, Ga., for petitioner-appellant.

Lewis Slaton, Dist. Atty., H. Allen Moye, Asst. Dist. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., for respondent-appellee.

Before TUTTLE, GODBOLD and RUBIN, Circuit Judges.


TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:

This habeas appeal involves the effect of an investigating city homicide detective's concealment of a key eyewitness.

Freeman is in state custody1 pursuant to his voluntary manslaughter conviction in the Fulton County Superior Court for shooting one Frank Saffles to death. He was indicted for two counts of murder and one count of aggravated assault. He was convicted of the murder of Ray Hill and the killing...

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