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SANFORD v. HUTTO

No. PB-74-C-168.

394 F.Supp. 1278 (1975)

Maurice SANFORD and Jim Johnson, Petitioners, v. Terrell Don HUTTO, Commissioner, Arkansas Department of Correction, Respondent.

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

June 3, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Newcomb, Pine Bluff, Ark. (inmate atty.), for petitioners.

James W. Atkins, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., for respondent.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

HENLEY, Circuit Judge, Sitting by Designation.

The petitioners in this habeas corpus proceeding, Negro males named Maurice Sanford and Jim Johnson, are incarcerated in the Cummins Unit of the Arkansas Department of Correction pursuant to their conviction for rape in St. Francis County Circuit Court after a jury trial in October, 1969.1 They challenge their conviction on the ground that county officials purposely...

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