Davis v. Hiatt

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Decided April 20, 1949.

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1949-04-20

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently February 1976

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Relies on Walker v. Johnston · Lyons v. State of Oklahoma · Wilson v. Commissioner

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Opinion by (per_curiam) · Decided 1949-04-20

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¶1 *900Lawrence A. Davis, in pro. per.

¶2Col. Eugene M. Caffey, J.A.G.D.,Hq. 3rd Army, and Lt. Col. H. M. Peyton, both of Fort McPherson, Ga., and J. Ellis Mun-dy, U. S. Atty., and Harvey H. Ti.singer, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Atlanta, Ga., for appellee.

¶3Before HOLMES, McCORD, and WALLER, Circuit Judges.

¶4PER CURIAM.

¶5The trial court patiently and carefully passed upon each and every contention of petitioner, even to the extent of passing the case so that petitioner could have brought in the entire record of his original trial and have the same introduced in evidence. Every right of petitioner was by the court carefully preserved.

¶6The judgment of the district court discharging the writ of habeas corpus and remanding petitioner to the custody of appellee is hereby affirmed.1