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WRIGHT v. EDWARDS

No. EC 71-72-K.

343 F.Supp. 792 (1972)

Earlie WRIGHT, Jr., Petitioner, v. M. C. EDWARDS, Sheriff of Lowndes County, Mississippi, Respondent.

United States District Court, N. D. Mississippi, E. D.

June 5, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Billy Jordan, Columbus, Miss., Jonathan Shapiro, New York City, for petitioner.

Timmie Hancock, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., Harvey Buck, Dist. Atty., West Point, Miss., for respondent.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

KEADY, Chief Judge.

Earlie Wright, Jr. petitions the court for habeas corpus relief from state court conviction under the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 2241. On July 4, 1969, petitioner, after trial by jury, was convicted in the Circuit Court of Lowndes County, Mississippi, of the unlawful possession of marihuana in violation of § 6846, Miss. Code Ann. On the same day he was sentenced to serve a term of two years in the Mississippi...

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