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UNITED STATES v. SIGLER

No. 17720.

272 F.2d 148 (1959)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Thomas GOINS, Appellant, v. Maurice SIGLER, Warden of Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, Louisiana, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

December 4, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. McGovern, Jr., New Orleans, La., for appellant.

M. E. Culligan, Sr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Teddy W. Airhart, Jr., Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before TUTTLE, BROWN and WISDOM, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from a denial of a writ of habeas corpus sought by petitioner challenging the validity of the judgment of conviction and sentence of capital punishment imposed by the State of Louisiana for murder. State v. Goins, 232 La. 238, 94 So.2d 244. For the reasons set forth in the opinion of the District Court, United States ex rel. Goins v. Sigler, D.C.E.D.La.1958,

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