FOUQUETTE v. BERNARD

No. 13274.

198 F.2d 96 (1952)

FOUQUETTE v. BERNARD.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

February 29, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Bonner, Las Vegas, Nev., for appellant.

W. T. Mathews, Atty. Gen. of Nevada (Geo. P. Annand, Deputy Atty. Gen., William N. Dunseath, Deputy Atty. Gen., John W. Barrett, Deputy Atty. Gen., Roger D. Foley, Dist. Atty., Las Vegas, Clark County, Nev., of counsel), for appellee.


DENMAN, Chief Judge.

Fouquette, sentenced to be executed next Monday, March 3, 1952, by the Eighth District Court of the State of Nevada sitting in Clark County, seeks my order staying his execution for the murder of one Donald Brown pending his appeal in this court from the order of the United States District Court of Nevada denying him relief on his application for a writ of habeas corpus to the warden of the penitentiary where he is confined.

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