BURKHART v. LANE

No. 78-1412.

591 F.2d 333 (1979)

William Lee BURKHART, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Stoney LANE, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided April 2, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Lee Burkhart, pro se.

Thomas W. Amann, Court appointed — CJA, for petitioner-appellant.

William M. Leech, Jr., Atty. Gen. of Tennessee, Linda Ross Butts, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Tenn., for respondent-appellee.

Before CELEBREZZE and KEITH, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge.


PER CURIAM.

William Lee Burkhart, a prisoner at Brushy Mountain Prison in Tennessee, appeals from the denial of his application for a writ of habeas corpus. On a former appeal, Burkhart v. Lane, 574 F.2d 346 (6th Cir. 1978), this court remanded the case to the district court for an examination of the trial record to determine whether there was a substantial risk that the jury considered the redacted confession of a co-defendant...

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