U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1952

Plummer v. State of Ohio

Plummer v. State of Ohio
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · Decided February 15, 1952 · Simons, Martin, Miller
195 F.2d 521 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

Plummer v. State of Ohio

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

This appeal was heard upon the transcript of record, and upon the argument of counsel and upon briefs on behalf of the respective parties;

And it appearing that the appellant, Thomas Tecumseh Plummer, has not exhausted remedies available to him in the courts of the State of Ohio, 28 U.S.Code, § 2254; Darr v. Burford, 339 U.S. 200, 70 S.Ct. 587, 94 L.Ed. 761, and it being well settled that a writ of habeas corpus can not be used as a substitute for an appeal from a judgment of conviction in the State court, Tinsley v. Anderson, 171 U.S. 101, 106, 18 S.Ct. 805, 43 L.Ed. 91; U. S. ex rel. Kennedy v. Tyler, 269 U.S. 13, 19, 46 S.Ct. 1, 70 L.Ed. 138.

It Is Ordered that the judgment of the District Court denying appellant’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus be and is affirmed. .

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