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WILCOX v. FORD

Civ. A. No. 84-78-VAL.

626 F.Supp. 760 (1985)

E.K. WILCOX, Jr., Petitioner, v. J. Paul FORD, Warden, Respondent.

United States District Court, M.D. Georgia, Valdosta Division.

December 20, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Wyatt, Bobby Lee Cook, Summerville, Ga., for petitioner.

Mary Beth Westmoreland, Atlanta, Ga., for respondent.

OWENS, Chief Judge:

Federal law provides that "a district court shall entertain an application for a writ of habeas corpus in behalf of a person in custody pursuant to the judgment of a State court only on the ground that he is in custody in violation of the Constitution or laws or treaties of the United States." 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254(a) (West 1977) (emphasis added). Pursuant to this law, E.K. Wilcox, Jr. has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus contending...

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