WASHINGTON v. HENDERSON

Misc. No. 1787.

333 F.Supp. 200 (1971)

Willie C. WASHINGTON, Petitioner, v. C. Murray HENDERSON, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Respondent.

United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

October 18, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adolph J. Levy, New Orleans, La., for petitioner.

Maurice R. Franks, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, La., for respondent.


ALVIN B. RUBIN, District Judge:

A state jury found petitioner, Willie C. Washington, guilty of armed robbery, and the judge sentenced him to thirty years imprisonment on March 7, 1967. No appeal was taken. Three years later he applied for state habeas corpus, and the trial judge denied the writ without holding an evidentiary hearing. The Louisiana Supreme Court denied Writs of Habeas Corpus, Mandamus, and Certiorari on August 31, 1970.

Washington then filed...

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