Chambers v. Mississippi

Mr. Justice Powell,

Circuit Justice.

On January 31, 1972, counsel for Leon Chambers, petitioner in No. 71-5908, filed with me, as Circuit Justice for the States constituting the Fifth Circuit, an application for bail pending consideration of his petition for writ of certiorari. Petitioner’s counsel detailed the reasons making it appropriate for me to exercise my discretion, under 18 U. S. C. § 3144, to admit this petitioner to bail. A copy of his certiorari petition, which raises two non-frivolous constitutional questions, was also attached to his application. The Attorney General of…