UNITED STATES v. CORMIER

No. 18255.

279 F.2d 37 (1960)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Ronald H. CONNELLY, Appellant, v. Warren A. CORMIER, Superintendent of the Louisiana Correctional Institute, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

June 15, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe J. Tritico, Lake Charles, La., for appellant.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., Teddy W. Airhart, Jr., Baton Rouge, La., Bernard N. Marcantel, Dist. Atty., Jennings, La., for appellee.

Before RIVES, Chief Judge, and CAMERON and BROWN, Circuit Judges.


RIVES, Chief Judge.

The district court ruled that the appellant, held in custody pursuant to the judgment of a State court, had not exhausted the remedies available in the courts of the State and, accordingly, dismissed his application for habeas corpus.

The appellant plead guilty in the Louisiana State Courts to indictments charging him with manslaughter and with armed robbery. For such offenses, he was sentenced to imprisonment for terms respectively of...

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