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HELMS v. JONES

No. 79-2596.

621 F.2d 211 (1980)

Bobby H. HELMS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Elie JONES, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 11, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Bonner, Jr., Athens, Ga., for petitioner-appellant.

Nicholas G. Dumich, Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for respondent-appellee.

Before INGRAHAM, RONEY and THOMAS A. CLARK, Circuit Judges.

THOMAS A. CLARK, Circuit Judge:

The appellant, unable to meet his child support obligations, left the State of Georgia in search of vocational training opportunities.1 He was subsequently convicted of child abandonment under Ga.Code Ann. § 74-9902 [1979 Supp.] and sentenced to three years' imprisonment. After exhausting state remedies he filed a petition for habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254,2...

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