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UNITED STATES v. DAVIS

No. 694.

229 F.Supp. 649 (1964)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Edward DAVIS, Petitioner, v. The Honorable James H. DAVIS, Governor of the State of Louisiana, and Victor G. Walker, Warden of the Louisiana State Penitentiary, Respondents.

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

May 21, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin E. Smith, Bruce C. Waltzer, Smith, Waltzer, Jones & Peebles, Adolph J. Levy, New Orleans, La., for petitioner.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., Teddy W. Airhart, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, La., Bertrand DeBlanc, Dist. Atty., Fifteenth Judicial District, Lafayette, La., for respondents.

WEST, District Judge.

Petitioner, Edward Davis, has applied to this Court for the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus. He is presently incarcerated at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, awaiting execution pursuant to a prior conviction of murder. His conviction was duly appealed through the Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana where both the conviction and sentence were affirmed. A death warrant was then issued by the Governor of the State of Louisiana, ordering...

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