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COOK v. MONTGOMERY

No. 80-7981 Summary Calendar.

650 F.2d 814 (1981)

Joe B. COOK, Petitioner, v. Charles MONTGOMERY, Warden, and the Attorney General of the State of Georgia, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit B

July 13, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cook & Palmour, Bobby Lee Cook, L. Branch, S. Connelly, Summerville, Ga., for petitioner.

Harrison Kohler, Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for respondents.

Before TJOFLAT, VANCE and THOMAS A. CLARK, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

The sole issue raised by this habeas corpus petition is the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain petitioner's state court conviction for murder. The district court reviewed the evidence under the strict standard established by Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 99 S.Ct. 2781, 61 L.Ed.2d 560 (1979), and concluded that "a rational trier of fact could have found the Petitioner guilty beyond a reasonable doubt .......

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