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Fields v. Strickland
District Court, D. South Carolina
Decided February 15, 1977No. Civ. A. 75-883PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
HEMPHILL, District Judge.
This matter is again before the court on the petition of James Hiram Fields, Jr. for a writ of habeas corpus. 1 By its Order filed August 15,1975, the court directed that the matter be deferred pending the outcome of petitioner’s request for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of South Carolina, which had affirmed his conviction for murder on April 16, 1975. Petitioner’s attorneys have now informed the Clerk of Court that certiorari was denied by the United States Supreme Court on or about November 8, 1975, and they request renewal of this court’s…
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