Legal Opinion
Fields v. Tankersley
District Court, S.D. Georgia
Decided May 14, 1980No. Civ. A. No. 180-74Published
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
BOWEN, District Judge.
On April 22, 1980, Michael Eugene Fields filed a petition for relief in the nature of a writ of habeas corpus under the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Mr. Fields is presently confined in the Columbia County Jail under an indictment for murder. He alleges he has been denied the right of access to his selected counsel and that he had been arbitrarily and discriminatorily denied bail. Shortly after the filing of the petition, this Court entered a rule nisi to require the sheriff of Columbia County, Georgia, to show cause why the writ should not be issued. A hearing…
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