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BONNER v. HENDERSON

No. 75-1949 Summary Calendar.

517 F.2d 135 (1975)

Melvin J. BONNER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. C. Murray HENDERSON, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 11, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin J. Bonner, pro se.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, La., Barbara B. Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Joseph B. Tosterud, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, La., for respondent-appellee.

Before COLEMAN, AINSWORTH and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Appellant, represented by court-appointed counsel, was convicted by a jury of murder. He was sentenced on December 2, 1966, to life imprisonment. The conviction was affirmed in State v. Bonner, 1968, 252 La. 200, 210 So.2d 319. Habeas petitions were denied by the trial court on July 29, 1974, and by the Louisiana Supreme Court on September 13, 1974.

In his habeas petition filed...

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