JONES v. HENDERSON

No. 76-1868.

549 F.2d 995 (1977)

Autry Lee JONES, Petitioner-Appellant, v. C. Murray HENDERSON, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 31, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael H. Ellis, New Orleans, La. (Court-appointed), for petitioner-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, La., Richard W. Vidrine, J. William Pucheau, Asst. Dist. Attys., Ville Platte, La., for respondent-appellee.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, and HILL and FAY, Circuit Judges.


JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner Autry Lee Jones was convicted in the Thirteenth Judicial District Court for the Parish of Evangeline, State of Louisiana, of armed robbery and attempted murder upon his plea of guilty entered on April 7, 1969. He now appeals from the judgment of the District Court for the Western District of Louisiana denying, without an evidentiary hearing, his 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254 habeas corpus...

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