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UNITED STATES v. WALKER

No. 21295.

340 F.2d 6 (1965)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Thomas GOINS, Appellant, v. Victor G. WALKER, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 18, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

John M. Currier, Asst. Atty. Gen., New Orleans, La., Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, La., M. E. Culligan, Asst. Atty. Gen., New Orleans, La., John E. Jackson, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellees.

Before RIVES and WISDOM, Circuit Judges, and MORGAN, District Judge.

RIVES, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from another denial of habeas corpus to Thomas Goins, who is under a death sentence for the murder of Anthony Meyers on April 1, 1955. The murder for which Goins was convicted was described by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in its opinion affirming his conviction and sentence:

"* * * it is well that we briefly recite the principal facts relating to the crime charged to appellant. "At approximately 7:30 o'clock...

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