Legal Opinion
Vito Giacalone v. William Lucas, Sheriff
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 30, 1971No. 20707PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CELEBREZZE, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is of an order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan dismissing, without a hearing, the Appellant’s petition for writ of habeas corpus. The petition arises out of the Appellant’s conviction, by a jury, for unlawful possession of a blackjack, Mich.Stat.Ann. § 28.421, M.C. L.A. § 750.224 (1960), and the imposition of a four-year nine-month to five-year prison sentence upon him. During and after his trial, the Appellant raised the following issues, inter alia: first, whether the state trial judge’s refusal to grant the…
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