Slayton v. Smith

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1971-11-16

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Per Curiam. Respondent’s petition for habeas corpus alleged, among other things, that he had been tried and sentenced in the state courts by a senile judge. On appeal from the District Court’s dismissal of the petition without a hearing, the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit noted that state remedies had not been exhausted, expressed its confidence that “if the contention…

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