Limmie West was convicted after a jury trial of attempted armed robbery and sentenced to forty-nine years and six months at hard labor on July 2, 1969. There was no appeal of the conviction and sentence but West did file a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the district court the following year, alleging that his counsel conferred with him for only five minutes prior to trial. The petition set forth...
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