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SINCLAIR v. BLACKBURN

No. 78-2003.

599 F.2d 673 (1979)

Billy Wayne SINCLAIR, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Frank BLACKBURN, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 27, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl J. Schumacher, Jr., New Orleans, La. (Court-appointed), for petitioner-appellant.

Steven A. Hansen, Lee Ineichen, Jr., Asst. Dist. Attys., Monroe, La., for respondent-appellee.

Before MORGAN, FAY and RUBIN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Billy Wayne Sinclair, a Louisiana prisoner, appeals from the district court's denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254. Appellant is currently serving a 25-year sentence imposed on November 4, 1966, for armed robbery and a life sentence imposed on March 2, 1967, for a murder committed during the armed robbery. In his petition appellant seeks to attack and have expunged from the record a prior unrelated...

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