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LEWIS v. HENDERSON

No. 30729 Summary Calendar.

446 F.2d 1010 (1971)

Tracy LEWIS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. C. Murray HENDERSON, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 15, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tracy Lewis, pro se.

Jack E. Yelverton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, La., Samuel C. Cashio, Dist. Atty., Plaquemine, La., Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., Stacey Moak, Baton Rouge, La., Sp. Counsel, for respondent-appellee.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, INGRAHAM and RONEY, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Appellant Lewis, a Louisiana state prisoner, appeals from the district court's denial, after an evidentiary hearing, of his petition for the writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.

The sole contention presented upon this appeal is that appellant's court-appointed attorney rendered ineffective representation at trial by his failure to subpoena an alleged alibi witness as requested by appellant.

The district court conducted a full evidentiary hearing...

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