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PREJEAN v. BLACKBURN

No. 83-4548.

743 F.2d 1091 (1984)

Dalton PREJEAN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Frank BLACKBURN, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 15, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Guilbeau, Lafayette, La., Steven L. Winter, John Charles Boger, Debevoise & Plimpton, Mitchell A. Karlan, Martha Olson, John H. Hall, New York City, for petitioner-appellant.

J. Nathan Stansbury, Dist. Atty., Lafayette, La., for respondent-appellee.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, POLITZ and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.

CLARK, Chief Judge:

Dalton Prejean, a Louisiana prisoner sentenced to die for the 1977 slaying of a Louisiana State Trooper, appeals from the federal district court's denial of his application of habeas corpus relief. Finding that Prejean has not established a violation of his constitutional rights, we affirm the judgment of the district court.

I. BACKGROUND FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

In the early morning hours of July 2, 1977, Dalton Prejean,...

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