HARRIS v. DEES

No. 26823.

421 F.2d 1079 (1970)

Henry HARRIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Hayden J. DEES, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 30, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry Harris pro se.

James M. Petersen, New Orleans, La. (Ct.Apptd.) for plaintiff-appellant.

George A. Bourgeois, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jack E. Yelverton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before GEWIN, COLEMAN, and DYER, Circuit Judges.


COLEMAN, Circuit Judge.

After a full evidentiary hearing, the petition of Henry Harris for a writ of habeas corpus was denied on August 9, 1968. Harris, who is now serving a five year sentence in state prison, asserts (1) that he was ineffectively represented by counsel (2) that illegal evidence was admitted against him (3) that his confrontation with the victim was so suggestive of guilt that the identification thus obtained violated due process and (4) that the...

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