Case Name: Thornton Lee HANDLEY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Jerry PITTS, Sheriff, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1980-06-24
Citations: 623 F.2d 23
Docket Number: No. 78-1479
Parties: Thornton Lee HANDLEY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Jerry PITTS, Sheriff, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 623
Pages: 23–28

Head Matter:
Thornton Lee HANDLEY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Jerry PITTS, Sheriff, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 78-1479.
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
June 24, 1980.
William D. Dammarell, Cincinnati, Ohio, (Court appointed — CJA), for Thornton Lee Handley.
William L. Leach, Atty. Gen. of Tenn., Henry E. Hildebrand, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert E. Kendrick, Deputy Atty. Gen., Nashville, Tenn., for respondent-appellee.
Before WEICK, MARTIN and JONES, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
ORDER
Upon consideration of the briefs, appendix and arguments of counsel, it is ORDERED that the judgment of the district court, 491 F.Supp. 597, denying the application of petitioner-appellant Handley for a writ of habeas corpus be and it here by is affirmed for the reasons stated in the Memorandum Opinion of District Judge Frank W. Wilson. We also wish to compliment appointed counsel for Handley for his excellent brief and presentation.