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GRAVES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA

No. 72-3353. Summary Calendar.

472 F.2d 1191 (1973)

James GRAVES, Petitioner-Appellant, v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 7, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Graves, pro se.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, La., for respondent-appellee.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, and DYER and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from an order of the district court denying the petition of Graves, a Louisiana state convict for the writ of habeas corpus. We vacate and remand.

Graves was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. On direct appeal the Supreme Court of Louisiana affirmed his conviction. State v. Graves, 1971, 259 La. 526, 250 So.2d 727.

In his habeas petition...

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