Legal Opinion
Monroe v. State Court of Fulton County
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided March 25, 1983No. Civ. C83-160PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
ORINDA D. EVANS, District Judge.
This action is before the Court on the Petitioner’s Motion for Stay of State Sentence of Imprisonment.
Background
On September 17, 1980, the Petitioner was convicted of misuse of the national flag in violation of Ga.Code Ann. § 26-2803 1 and was sentenced to twelve months imprisonment. 2 The Supreme Court of Georgia affirmed the judgment of conviction on October 5, 1982 and denied a request for rehearing on October 18, 1982.
On January 28, 1983, the Petitioner filed both a petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 and the motion for stay of…
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