Ivery Sweezy v. Sam P. Garrison, Warden and State of North Carolina
Ivery SWEEZY, Appellant, v. Sam P. GARRISON, Warden and State of North Carolina, Appellees
Opinion
PER CURIAM:
Ivery Sweezy appeals from a decision of the district court, 554 F.Supp. 481 , dismissing on the merits his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Although the petitioner failed to exhaust his state remedies, the Attorney General of North Carolina unconditionally waived, in his responsive pleadings, the exhaustion requirement. It therefore is appropriate for us to consider the merits of petitioner’s appeal.
Jenkins v. Fitzberger, 440 F.2d 1188 (4th Cir.1971); cf.
Harding v. North Carolina, 683 F.2d 850 (4th Cir.1982) (holding invalid conditional waiver of exhaustion).
The petitioner claimed that the trial court’s failure to hold a hearing during the trial on petitioner’s competency to stand trial denied him due process of law. The petitioner also claimed that trial counsel’s failure to move for such a competency hearing denied him effective assistance of counsel. For the reasons stated by the district court, we find the petitioner’s claims to be without merit.
The judgment of the district court is accordingly AFFIRMED.
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