PENN v. ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF ALA.

No. 90-7078.

930 F.2d 838 (1991)

Edward Eugene PENN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA, John E. Nagle, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

May 6, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Dan Turberville, James M. Wooten, Turberville & Maxwell, Birmingham, Ala., for petitioner-appellant.

Don Siegelman, Atty. Gen., Andy Scott Poole, Asst. Atty. Gen., Montgomery, Ala., for respondents-appellees.

Before CLARK and BIRCH, Circuit Judges, and HENDERSON, Senior Circuit Judge.


PER CURIAM:

Edward Penn appeals the judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for habeas corpus relief. He alleged that he was denied equal protection of the law because the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Alabama, used convictions obtained under an unconstitutional juvenile statute to sentence him as an habitual felony offender to life in prison with no chance of parole. Even if...

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