WASHINGTON v. MAGGIO

No. 76-2218 Summary Calendar.

540 F.2d 1256 (1976)

Phillip WASHINGTON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ross MAGGIO, Acting Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied December 13, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip Washington, pro se.

Harry F. Connick, William L. Brockman, New Orleans, La., for respondent-appellee.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, and GEWIN and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied December 13, 1976.

PER CURIAM:

Phillip Washington appeals from the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Washington asserts that his conviction for armed robbery was invalid because the trial judge did not instruct the jury to the effect that appellant's removal from the courtroom for creating a disturbance had no bearing on his guilt or innocence. We affirm.

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