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MAGWOOD v. SMITH

Civ. A. No. 83-H-760-N.

608 F.Supp. 218 (1985)

Billy Joe MAGWOOD, Petitioner, v. Fred SMITH, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections; Willie E. Johnson, Warden, Holman Unit, Respondents.

United States District Court, M.D. Alabama, N.D.

March 26, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.L. Chestnut, Jr., Selma, Ala., for petitioner.

Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen., Ed Carnes, Asst. Atty. Gen., Montgomery, Ala., for respondents.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

HOBBS, Chief Judge.

This cause is now before the Court on a petition for writ of habeas corpus filed by Billy Joe Magwood on July 20, 1983, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254.1 Petitioner was convicted of the murder of the sheriff of Coffee County, Alabama and sentenced by the Circuit Court of Coffee County, Alabama to the penalty of death by electrocution. In his petition for writ of habeas corpus...

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