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WILLIAMS v. MELTON

No. 83-8464.

733 F.2d 1492 (1984)

Hosea Lorenzo WILLIAMS, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Wayne MELTON, et al., Respondents-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied August 9, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Wilson, DeKalb County Dist. Atty., James M. McDaniel, Susan Brooks, Asst. Dist. Attys., Decatur, Ga., for respondents-appellants.

Tony L. Axam, Atlanta, Ga., for petitioner-appellee.

Before RONEY, FAY and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied August 9, 1984.

FAY, Circuit Judge:

Hosea Williams was convicted in state court of leaving the scene of an accident without rendering aid and was sentenced to one year incarceration. During trial, the judge admitted into evidence certain hearsay statements under the Georgia res gestae exception to the hearsay rule. After exhausting his state remedies Mr. Williams filed a petition for habeas corpus relief pursuant...

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