JOHNSON v. WALKER

Misc. No. 583.

199 F.Supp. 86 (1961)

Ex parte Ben A. JOHNSON, Mover, v. Mr. Victor G. WALKER, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, Louisiana, and the State of Louisiana, Respondents.

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana, Baton Rouge Division.

November 17, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Minos Simon, Simon & Trice, Lafayette, La., for applicant.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen. of Louisiana, Teddy W. Airhart, Jr., Thomas W. McFerrin, Scallan E. Walsh, Asst. Attys. Gen., for respondents.


WEST, District Judge.

This is an application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The petitioner is presently incarcerated in the Louisana State Penitentiary at Angola, Louisiana.

On November 19, 1954, petitioner was sentenced to ten years at hard labor in the Louisiana State Penitentiary pursuant to a jury verdict of guilty entered on October 23, 1954, on the charge of violating Title 40, Sec. 962 et seq. of the LSA-Revised Statutes...

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