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LOCKETT v. BLACKBURN

No. 77-1730.

571 F.2d 309 (1978)

Raymond LOCKETT, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Frank BLACKBURN, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing June 15, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond Lockett, pro se.

J. Donice Alverson, Atty. (Court-Appointed) New Orleans, La., for petitioner-appellant.

Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Louise S. Korns, William L. Brockman, Asst. Dist. Attys., New Orleans, La., for respondent-appellee.

Before WISDOM, GODBOLD, and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc June 15, 1978.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

This habeas appeal involves the effect of a state prosecutor's concealing two witnesses whom the petitioner had subpoenaed. We remand.

Raymond Lockett, convicted in a Louisiana criminal court of sale of heroin and sentenced to life imprisonment, brings this petition for habeas corpus. Lockett alleges that the State violated his sixth and fourteenth amendment...

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