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SANFORD v. WHITE

No. 25329.

398 F.2d 479 (1968)

John Harrolson SANFORD, Appellant, v. Wingate WHITE, Warden, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

June 27, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Harrolson Sanford, pro se.

Teddy W. Airhart, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, for appellee.

Before GODBOLD and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges, and McRAE, District Judge.

SIMPSON, Circuit Judge:

The appellant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus was denied by the district court without an evidentiary hearing. We reverse.

The appellant was convicted in the Louisiana state court for theft and given a sentence of six years. The judgment was affirmed upon appeal. State v. Sanford, 1965, 248 La. 630, 181 So.2d 50. The appellant sought habeas relief in the state...

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