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WILLIAMS v. KING

No. 83-3647.

719 F.2d 730 (1983)

Robert Wayne WILLIAMS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. John T. KING, Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Ross Maggio, Jr., Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 23, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel S. Dalton, Jefferson, La., for petitioner-appellant.

Kay Fitzpatrick, Asst. Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, La., for respondents-appellees.

Before BROWN, REAVLEY and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

BY THE COURT:

I.

Robert Wayne Williams seeks a certificate of probable cause and stay of his execution now set for Tuesday, October 25, 1983 between the hours of midnight and three a.m.

II.

Robert Wayne Williams was convicted in the state courts of Louisiana on April 19, 1979 of first degree murder and was sentenced to death by a jury. His conviction and sentence were affirmed on direct appeal by the Louisiana Supreme Court, State v...

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