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COUSIN v. BLACKBURN

No. 78-3632 Summary Calendar.

597 F.2d 511 (1979)

Edward COUSIN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Frank BLACKBURN, Warden, Louisiana State Pent., Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 21, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Cousin, Angola, La., pro se.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, La., Maurine A. Carroll, Asst. Dist. Atty., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., New Orleans, La., for respondent-appellee.

Before COLEMAN, FAY and RUBIN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Appellant Cousin is serving a thirty year sentence for armed robbery. He alleges that the counsel appointed to represent him at his pretrial hearing was ineffective because he engaged in plea discussions with the state trial judge without Cousin's knowledge or consent. He also contends that his thirty year sentence resulted from the judge's vindictiveness because Cousin rejected the plea bargain offered him and because the judge thought he was lying when...

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