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NERO v. BLACKBURN

No. 78-3378 Summary Calendar.

597 F.2d 991 (1979)

Verg Lee NERO, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Frank C. BLACKBURN, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 29, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Verg Lee Nero, pro se.

Maurine A. Carroll, New Orleans, La., for respondent-appellee.

Before GOLDBERG, RONEY and TJOFLAT, Circuit Judges.

GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner Verg Lee Nero was convicted of armed robbery in a Louisiana state court and sentenced to twenty years hard labor. After exhausting his state remedies,1 Nero petitioned federal district court for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He alleged that in the state proceeding against him he had been denied his sixth amendment right to effective assistance of counsel. The district court concluded...

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