GLASS v. HEYD

No. 71-1415.

457 F.2d 562 (1972)

Robert C. GLASS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Louis B. HEYD, Criminal Sheriff of the Parish of Orleans, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 6, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George M. Strickler, Jr., Lolis E. Elie, New Orleans, La., Richard B. Sobol, Washington, D. C., for petitioner-appellant.

Numa V. Bertel, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Parish of Orleans, Maurice R. Franks, New Orleans, La., Jim Garrison, Dist. Atty., Parish of Orleans, for respondent-appellee.

Before BELL, AINSWORTH and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

In this habeas corpus proceeding filed under 28 U.S.C. §§ 2241, 2242 and 2254 petitioner, Robert S. Glass, an attorney at law, challenges two convictions for criminal contempt in a Louisiana State Court, alleging that they are invalid as violative of the First, Fifth and Sixth Amendments of the United States Constitution. The convictions followed refusals of petitioner to answer questions put to him in State Court and before the grand jury in...

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