Legal Opinion
Kevin H. Griffin v. James E. Aiken, Warden Attorney General of the State of South Carolina
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided October 28, 1985No. 84-6519PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIDENER, Circuit Judge:
Kevin H. Griffin appeals from the denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus and pursues fourteen assignments of error. However, we affirm.
The essential facts from Griffin’s point of view regarding his arrest and conviction are not in dispute. Griffin was arrested on September 19, 1975 in Charleston, South Carolina and was charged with rape of a 13 year old school girl. On September 23, 1975, Public Defender Dale Cobb first became aware of Griffin’s case when he was called to attend a line-up at the Charleston County Jail in which Griffin appeared. Cobb…
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