UNITED STATES v. WALKER

No. 715.

231 F.Supp. 819 (1964)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Adam Amos MACK, Jr., and Shelton Williams v. Victor G. WALKER, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary.

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

July 9, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Domengeaux, Bob F. Wright, Domengeaux & Wright, Lafayette, La., for Adam Amos Mack, Jr.

Jacob S. Landry, A. J. Resweber, New Iberia, La., for Shelton Joseph Williams.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., Teddy W. Airhart, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, La., Knowles M. Tucker, Dist. Atty., New Iberia, La., for respondent.


WEST, District Judge.

Petitioners, Adam Amos Mack, Jr. and Shelton Williams, both of whom are presently incarcerated in the Louisiana State Penitentiary awaiting the death penalty for the crime of murder, petitioned this Court for the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus. Upon receipt of complainants' petition, this Court held a conference with the attorneys involved and counsel for petitioners were instructed to present to the Court, at one time, all of the...

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