Booker v. Engle

DECISION AND ENTRY DISMISSING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS; JUDGMENT TO RESPONDENTS AND AGAINST PETITIONER; ENTRY OF JUDGMENT; TERMINATION ENTRY

RICE, District Judge.

This is a petition for writ of habeas corpus by a state prisoner, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. In a decision and entry, dated June 30,1981, the Court dismissed all of petitioner’s claims, except one relating to the state trial court’s jury instruction on the meaning of the word, “have,” and matters associated therewith, i.e., certain remarks made by the prosecutor during closing argument, (doc. # 14.) 517 F.Supp. 558. The…