SASSOON v. STYNCHOMBE

No. 80-7525.

654 F.2d 371 (1981)

Gerald Issac SASSOON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Leroy STYNCHOMBE, Sheriff and Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General of the State of Georgia, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit B

August 28, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Petrella, Atlanta, Ga., for petitioner-appellant.

Harrison Kohler, John W. Dunsmore Jr., Asst. Attys. Gen., John C. Walden, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for respondents-appellees.

Michael D. Anderson, Asst. Dist. Atty., Jonesboro, Ga., Clayton Judicial Circuit, for State of Ga.

Before KRAVITCH and HENDERSON, Circuit Judges, and THOMAS, District Judge.


HENDERSON, Circuit Judge:

Gerald Issac Sassoon, a prisoner presently in custody pursuant to the judgment of a court of the State of Georgia, appeals from the district court's denial of his application for a writ of habeas corpus. We affirm the judgment, but for reasons different than those relied upon by the district court. The district court found that Sassoon's incarceration violated federal law, but that he had waived the violation. We find that the question can...

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