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UNITED STATES EX REL. CURTIS v. BLACKBURN

No. 84-3068 Summary Calendar.

748 F.2d 1047 (1984)

UNITED STATES ex rel. Richard CURTIS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Frank BLACKBURN, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, and William J. Guste, Jr., Attorney General, State of Louisiana, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 20, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glass & Reed, John Wilson Reed, New Orleans, La., for petitioner-appellant.

Richard Curtis, pro se.

Wm. R. Campbell, Jr., Susan Scott Hunt, E. Sue Bernie, New Orleans, La., for respondents-appellees.

Before REAVLEY, POLITZ and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

Richard Curtis was convicted of second offense armed robbery and was sentenced under the armed robbery statute, La.R.S. 14:64 B, and the habitual offender law, La.R.S. 15:529.1.A(1).1 Under the recidivist statute Curtis was subject to a minimum sentence of 33 years and a maximum sentence of 198 years. Curtis was sentenced to 198 years at hard labor. His conviction was affirmed...

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