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HALL v. MAGGIO

No. 82-3361 Summary Calendar.

697 F.2d 641 (1983)

Eddie HALL, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ross MAGGIO, Jr., Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, and William J. Guste, Jr., Attorney General, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 7, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee R. Leonard, Deputy Federal Public Defender, New Orleans, La., for petitioner-appellant.

John H. Craft, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, La., for respondents-appellees.

Before GEE, RANDALL and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This case comes to us on appeal from the district court's denial of a Louisiana prisoner's habeas corpus petition. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the judgment of the district court.

The petitioner, Eddie Hall, Jr., was charged with capital murder, which carried an automatic death penalty. He pleaded guilty to simple murder and received a sentence of life imprisonment. The guilty plea was entered on June 23, 1969, three weeks after the...

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