U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1975

Cecil Tiner v. State of Alabama

Cecil Tiner v. State of Alabama
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Decided April 3, 1975 · Thornberry, Morgan, Roney
510 F.2d 1363; 1975 U.S. App. LEXIS 15339 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

Cecil Tiner v. State of Alabama

Opinion

PER CURIAM:

The summary judgment rendered below is vacated and this cause remanded for a hearing to determine whether the appellant deliberately bypassed his state remedies. Should the district court find that appellant did not deliberately bypass such remedies, the constitutional questions presented by the appellant’s petition for habeas corpus warrant a full hearing on the merits.

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