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THOMAS v. CARDWELL

No. 77-2991.

626 F.2d 1375 (1980)

Donnell THOMAS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Harold CARDWELL, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 8, 1980.

Submitted January 2, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Hirsh, Hirsh & Shiner, Tucson, Ariz., for plaintiff-appellant.

Stanley Patchell, Atty. Gen., Phoenix, Ariz., argued, for defendant-appellee; Bruce E. Babbitt, Phoenix, Ariz., on brief.

Before BARNES and HUG, Circuit Judges, and CURTIS, District Judge.

BARNES, Senior Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the district court's denial of appellant's habeas corpus petition1 seeking relief from his Arizona state court conviction for the first degree murder of Mason Branch. Background information and details surrounding the crime itself are summarized in two reported cases and, for purposes of economy, will not be duplicated here.

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