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UNITED STATES v. SIGLER

Misc. No. 629.

224 F.Supp. 687 (1963)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Thomas GOINS v. Maurice SIGLER, Warden (Victor G. Walker, Successor Warden to Maurice Sigler, Warden).

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

December 20, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., State of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, La., M. E. Culligan, John E. Jackson, Jr., Asst. Attys. Gen., New Orleans, La., for respondent.

WEST, District Judge.

This matter is once again before this Court on the application of relator, Thomas Goins, for the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus. Goins was convicted of murder on October 26, 1955, after trial by jury in a State Court of Louisiana, and on March 14, 1956, the death sentence was imposed. His conviction was appealed to the Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana, which Court on February 25, 1957, affirmed the conviction and sentence,

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