HANSBROUGH v. LATTA

No. 91-7735.

11 F.3d 143 (1994)

Charles HANSBROUGH, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Sherrell Wayne LATTA, Jailer, Attorney General of the State of Alabama, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 7, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Hansbrough, pro se.

Jo Alison Taylor, Birmingham, AL, for petitioner-appellant.

James B. Prude, Asst. Atty. Gen., Montgomery, AL, for respondents-appellees.

Before KRAVITCH and BLACK, Circuit Judges, and DYER, Senior Circuit Judge.


DYER, Senior Circuit Judge:

Hansbrough's Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus was dismissed by the district court as procedurally barred. In the state court he attempted to raise federal constitutional issues, for example, that he was denied Brady material and that a search and seizure was illegal.

The issue before us is whether the action of the state court in striking Hansbrough's notice of appeal rests upon an independent and adequate state procedural...

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