HAMPTON v. ALLGOOD

Misc. No. 879.

254 F.Supp. 884 (1966)

Mary Kathryn HAMPTON v. J. Wayne ALLGOOD, Warden.

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

June 2, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Salvador Anzelmo, New Orleans, La., F. Lee Bailey, Boston, Mass., for petitioner.

Teddy W. Airhart, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, La., Knowles Tucker, Dist. Atty., Iberia Parish, New Iberia, La., Melvin Barre, Dist. Atty., St. Charles Parish, Hahnville, La., for respondent.


WEST, District Judge:

Petitioner, Mary Kathryn Hampton, seeks a writ of habeas corpus releasing her from the Louisiana State Penitentiary at St. Gabriel, Louisiana, where she is presently serving two concurrent life sentences for murder. She contends that although her sentences were imposed after guilty pleas were entered by her, nevertheless her constitutional rights have been violated because of the fact that the guilty pleas were entered, despite her innocence...

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