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CLARK v. BLACKBURN

No. 78-3018.

619 F.2d 431 (1980)

Billy Clay CLARK, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Frank BLACKBURN, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 18, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Abbott J. Reeves, Asst. Dist. Atty., Gretna, La., Duncan Kemp, III, Dist. Atty., 21st Judicial Dist., Hammond, La., for respondent-appellee.

Before VANCE and SAM D. JOHNSON, Circuit Judges, and THOMAS, District Judge.

PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from the order of the district court, denying Billy Clay Clark's petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed in July 1977 pursuant to 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254. The district court entered its order on July 27, 1978 after adopting the magistrate's report and recommendation to deny relief on petitioner's allegations of ineffective assistance of trial counsel.1

The district court's decision was made upon...

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