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MITCHELL v. STEPHENS

No. PB 62 C 24.

232 F.Supp. 497 (1964)

Lonnie MITCHELL, Petitioner, v. Dan D. STEPHENS, Superintendent of Arkansas State Penitentiary, Respondent.

United States District Court E. D. Arkansas, Pine Bluff Division.

August 6, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher C. Mercer, Little Rock, Ark., for petitioner.

Jack L. Lessenberry, Little Rock, Ark., for respondent.

YOUNG, District Judge.

Petitioner, a Negro male, age 27, brings this habeas corpus proceeding, in forma pauperis, alleging the unconstitutionality of his conviction for rape in the Circuit Court of Union County, Arkansas, on April 11, 1959. Petitioner was sentenced to death and his conviction was affirmed by the Arkansas Supreme Court in Mitchell v. State, 230 Ark. 894, 327 S.W.2d 384 (1959). No application for certiorari was made...

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