TEEL v. BURTON

Civ. A. No. 92-T-1347-N.

904 F.Supp. 1294 (1995)

Paul Edward TEEL, Petitioner, v. Larry BURTON, et al., Respondents.

United States District Court, M.D. Alabama, Northern Division.

September 18, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Black, Hill, Hill, Carter, Franco, Cole & Black, Montgomery, AL, for plaintiff Paul Edward Teel.

Paul David Bjurberg, Arthur Frank Patterson, Jr., Office of the Attorney General, Montgomery, AL, for defendants James H. Evans, Attorney General of the State of Alabama, Larry Burton, Warden, Jeff Sessions, Attorney General for the State of Alabama.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

MYRON H. THOMPSON, Chief Judge.

Petitioner Paul Edward Teel initiated this lawsuit under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254 seeking habeas corpus relief from his 1990 state conviction for the unlawful distribution of marijuana, for which he received life imprisonment. Teel claims he was tried in his absence in violation of the sixth and fourteenth amendments to the United States Constitution. Respondent state officials contend that Teel waived his...

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