WOODS v. LINAHAN

No. 79-2768.

648 F.2d 973 (1981)

Dessie X. WOODS, Petitioner, v. Leland LINAHAN, Warden of the Georgia Rehabilitation Center For Women, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit B

June 22, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis Cunningham, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner-appellant.

Robert S. Stubbs, II, Executive Asst. Atty. Gen., Nicholas G. Dumich, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., John C. Walden, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Don A. Langham, 1st Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for respondent-appellee.

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


HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:

In this habeas corpus appeal, Dessie X. Woods, the petitioner, challenges her conviction in Georgia state courts for armed robbery and voluntary manslaughter. Her challenges are on the following grounds: (1) she was denied due process of law and fundamental fairness by the participation in the trial of a private attorney retained and paid by the family and friends of the victim; (2) the evidence is insufficient to support her manslaughter...

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