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SUMMERVILLE v. COOK

No. GC 6944-S.

311 F.Supp. 931 (1970)

George SUMMERVILLE, Plaintiff, v. Thomas D. COOK, Superintendent Mississippi State Penitentiary, Parchman, Sunflower County, Mississippi, Defendant.

United States District Court, N. D. Mississippi, Greenville Division.

April 16, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Summerville, pro se.

A. F. Summer, Atty. Gen., State of Mississippi, Velia Ann Mayer, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ORMA R. SMITH, District Judge.

On September 16, 1969 the Court received a handwritten letter from the said George Summerville. The letter was in the nature of a petition for habeas corpus and was considered as such by the Court. Summerville alleged that his constitutional rights were violated during a criminal trial in the State Courts of Mississippi which resulted in the conviction of petitioner. At that time the Court was of the opinion...

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