Legal Opinion
Copeland v. Mississippi
District Court, N.D. Mississippi
Decided June 9, 1976No. EC 74-149-SPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
ORMA R. SMITH, District Judge.
This is a habeas corpus proceeding under 28 U.S.C. § 2254,1 wherein petitioner seeks release from confinement pursuant to his conviction in the Circuit Court of Alcorn County, Mississippi, on a charge of unlawful sale of barbiturates. Copeland was sentenced to serve a term of 5 years in the state penitentiary and his conviction was subsequently affirmed without opinion on direct appeal to the state Supreme Court. Copeland v. State, 292 So.2d 171 (Miss.1974).
The essence of petitioner’s collateral attack on his conviction is that black persons…
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