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FELDE v. BLACKBURN

No. 85-4437.

795 F.2d 400 (1986)

Wayne Robert FELDE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Frank BLACKBURN, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 21, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Millard C. Farmer, Atlanta, Ga., Quigley & Scheckman, William P. Quigley, New Orleans, La., for petitioner-appellant.

Paul Carmouche, Dist. Atty., Shreveport, La., Wm. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, La., A.M. Stroud, III, Asst. Dist. Atty., Shreveport, La., for respondent-appellee.

Before GEE, RANDALL, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

GEE, Circuit Judge:

In 1981, petitioner Wayne Felde was convicted and sentenced to death in Louisiana state court for the first degree murder of Shreveport police officer Thomas Glen Thompkins. His appeal unsuccessful, State v. Felde, 422 So.2d 370 (La.1982), Felde has since sought habeas relief in the state courts and federal district court to no avail. We now take up his habeas claims.

The petitioner's first claim...

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