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SOCKWELL v. BLACKBURN

No. 84-3318. Summary Calendar.

748 F.2d 979 (1984)

Gregory SOCKWELL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Frank BLACKBURN, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, et al., Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 17, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Looney (Court-Appointed), New Orleans, La., for petitioner-appellant.

Harry Connick, Dist. Atty., E. Sue Bernie, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, La., for respondents-appellees.

Before WILLIAMS, JOLLY, and HILL, Circuit Judges.

JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, Gregory Sockwell, is serving a sentence of 150 years in the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. He was convicted of armed robbery and, as a multiple offender, his sentence was enhanced. His conviction and sentence were affirmed by the Louisiana Supreme Court, State v. Sockwell, 337 So.2d 451 (La.1976). He has exhausted his state remedies both by way of appeal and in an application...

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