Willard Wilson Wood v. Olin G. Blackwell, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia

Appellant was convicted after trial by jury in the District of New Mexico on four counts charging forgery of the endorsement of the payee’s name on a United States Treasury check. Upon appeal his conviction was affirmed in Wood v. United States, 10 Cir. 1966, 357 F.2d 425. Appellant, presently incarcerated in the United States Penitentiary at Atlanta, Georgia, petitioned the district court for the Northern District of Georgia for a writ of habeas corpus. That court denied the writ and appellant seeks reversal of that denial.

Habeas corpus is not a substitute for a motion pursuant to 28 U.S.C.…