U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1978

Mark Dwayne Smith v. Lloyd B. Johnson, Sheriff

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Decided November 27, 1978 · Jones, Ainsworth, Hill

584 F.2d 758 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

Counsel

Julian R. Murray, Jr., New Orleans, La., John L. Diasselliss, III, LaPlace, La., for petitioner-appellant., Melvin P. Barre, Dist. Atty., Parish of Jefferson, Abbott J. Reeves, Dir., Asst. Dist. Atty., Research & Appeals Div., Gret-na, La., Roland St. Martin, Edgard, La., for respondents-appellees.

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Thomas B. Haynes v. Robert H. Butler, Sr., Warden, and William Guste, Jr., Attorney General of the State of Louisiana (5th Cir. 1987)

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Opinion

PER CURIAM:

After an affirmance of a state court conviction of a criminal offense the defendant, who is the appellant here, sought habeas corpus relief in the United States district court. The judgment of that court, denying relief, is before this Court on appeal. The opinion of the district court sets forth the facts from which the controversy arose and the law applicable in its disposition. Smith v. Johnson, 458 F.Supp. 289. The decision of the district court is correct and its judgment is

AFFIRMED.

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