GRIFFIN v. AIKEN

No. 84-6519.

775 F.2d 1226 (1985)

Kevin H. GRIFFIN, Appellant, v. James E. AIKEN, Warden; Attorney General of the State of South Carolina, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 28, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth R. Berman, Boston, Mass. (David S. Mortensen, Hale & Dorr, Boston, Mass., Kenneth C. Hanson, Hanson & Anderson, Columbia, S.C., on brief), for appellant.

Donald J. Zelenka, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Columbia, S.C. (T. Travis Medlock, Atty. Gen., Columbia, S.C., on brief), for appellees.

Before WINTER, Chief Judge, and WIDENER and HALL, Circuit Judges.


WIDENER, Circuit Judge:

Kevin H. Griffin appeals from the denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus and pursues fourteen assignments of error. However, we affirm.

The essential facts from Griffin's point of view regarding his arrest and conviction are not in dispute. Griffin was arrested on September 19, 1975 in Charleston, South Carolina and was charged with rape of a 13 year old school girl. On September 23, 1975, Public Defender Dale Cobb first became...

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