District Court, M.D. Alabama September 18, 1995, Civ. A. No. 92-T-1347-N (Teel v. Burton)

MEMORANDUM OPINION

MYRON H. THOMPSON, Chief Judge.

Petitioner Paul Edward Teel initiated this lawsuit under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254 seeking habeas corpus relief from his 1990 state conviction for the unlawful distribution of marijuana, for which he received life imprisonment. Teel claims he was tried in his absence in violation of the sixth and fourteenth amendments to the United States Constitution.