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UNITED STATES EX REL. FAVRE v. HENDERSON

No. 71-1111 Summary Calendar.

444 F.2d 127 (1971)

UNITED STATES ex rel. Robert FAVRE, Petitioner-Appellee, v. C. Murray HENDERSON, Warden, La. State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied and Rehearing Denied July 27, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louise Korns, Asst. Dist. Atty., Parish of Orleans, Jim Garrison, Dist. Atty. for the Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, New Orleans, La., for appellant.

Jack C. Benjamin, Kierr & Gainsburgh, New Orleans, La., for appellee.

Before THORNBERRY, MORGAN and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing Denied and Rehearing En Banc Denied July 27, 1971.

PER CURIAM:

The State of Louisiana appeals from the grant of habeas corpus relief to appellee, Favre. During the course of Favre's trial, a police officer was allowed to testify over objection that information received from an unnamed informer led to Favre's arrest. The inference to be drawn from the testimony is that the informer told the officer that Favre had perpetrated the offense. The district...

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