Hiatt v. Smith

Full title: WILLIAM PAUL HIATT, PETITIONER-APPELLANT, v. DOYAL SMITH, WARDEN, PUTNAM…

Court: United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Date published: Feb 1, 1972

455 F.2d 979 (5th Cir. 1972)

Opinion

No. 71-2512. Summary Calendar.^_

_ Rule 18, 5th Cir.; see Isbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Co. of New York et al., 5th Cir. 1970, 431 F.2d 409, Part I.

February 1, 1972.

Edward T. M. Garland, Atlanta, Ga., for petitioner-appellant.

Arthur K. Bolton, Atty. Gen. of Ga., Harold N. Hill, Jr., Executive Asst. Atty. Gen., Courtney Wilder Stanton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dorothy T. Beasley, W. Hensell Harris, Jr., Deputy Asst. Attys. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for respondent-appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia; William A. Bootle, Chief Judge.

Before THORNBERRY, MORGAN and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

On the basis of our decision in Smith v. Smith, 5th Cir. 1971, 454 F.2d 572, the judgment of the district court is reversed and the cause is remanded for a new trial.