Lawrence Bloodworth v. Joseph S. Hopper, Warden, Georgia State Prison

The appellant, Lawrence Bloodworth, seeks habeas corpus relief from confinement resulting from his 1971 Georgia conviction for burglary. He alleges that he was prejudiced by an unduly suggestive out-of-court identification procedure. He has raised this issue in state court, where his petition was denied without an evidentiary hearing. 1 The district court below, in denying the appellant’s petition for habeas relief, declined to grant an evidentiary hearing. It relied instead on the state record and the record of the appellant’s prior federal habeas corpus proceeding. Finding no facts alleged…