THOMAS A. CLARK, Circuit Judge:
Attorney Billy L. Spruell appeals from the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition which challenged on federal constitutional grounds the petitioner's 1978 conviction for contempt in a Georgia state trial court. Having concluded that under the circumstances of this case the petitioner was entitled to a hearing before a judge other than the trial judge who held the petitioner in contempt, we reverse...
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