MONROE v. BLACKBURN

No. 78-3191.

607 F.2d 148 (1979)

Arthur J. MONROE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Frank BLACKBURN, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied January 16, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Glass, New Orleans, La. (Court-appointed), for petitioner-appellant.

David J. Cortes, Brian G. Meissner, New Orleans, La., for respondent-appellee.

Before COLEMAN, TJOFLAT and HILL, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied January 16, 1980.

JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge:

On April 26, 1974, Arthur Monroe was found guilty of armed robbery by a Louisiana jury and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, Louisiana. After exhausting his state remedies,1 Monroe filed a petition for habeas corpus in the District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. In this appeal from...

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