United States Ex Rel. Harley J. Beal, Relator-Appellant v. Michael Skaff, Warden, Wisconsin State Reformatory

CASTLE, Chief Judge.

Petitioner, who is presently incarcerated in the Wisconsin State Reformatory, appeals from the denial by the district court of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. On March 21, 1968, petitioner was convicted in the Grant County, Wisconsin, Circuit Court of illegal possession of marijuana in violation of Section 161.275(1), Wisconsin Statutes. The marijuana was seized in petitioner’s home during a search conducted pursuant to a search warrant issued by a magistrate. The issue presented to the district court and on appeal concerns the…