1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.Supp.
  4. 317 F.Supp.
  5. 317 F.Supp. 344 (1970)
 

WARD v. HENDERSON

Civ. A. No. 15474.

317 F.Supp. 344 (1970)

Edward WARD, Petitioner, v. Murray C. HENDERSON, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, and State of Louisiana, Respondents.

United States District Court, W. D. Louisiana, Shreveport Division.

September 14, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard V. Burns, Gravel & Burns, Alexandria, La., for petitioner.

Ronald C. Martin, Dist. Atty., Tenth Judicial District, Natchitoches, La., Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen. of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, La., for respondents.

RULING

DAWKINS, Chief Judge.

Petitioner, Edward Ward, is presently confined at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, Louisiana, under the threat of a death sentence imposed on April 29, 1963 in the Tenth Judicial District Court in the Parish of Natchitoches, Louisiana. Ward, along with three co-defendants, was jointly indicted for murder and after a joint trial he was found guilty and sentenced to death.

In the present habeas corpus proceeding...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases