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KNIGHTON v. MAGGIO

No. 84-4490.

740 F.2d 1344 (1984)

Earnest KNIGHTON, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ross MAGGIO, Jr., Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Stay and Certiorari Denied October 15, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murray, Murray, Braden, Landry & Gonzalez, Julian R. Murray, Jr., Joe Morris Doss, New Orleans, La., for petitioner-appellant.

Henry N. Brown, Jr., Dist. Atty., Benton, La., for respondent-appellee.

Before GEE, POLITZ and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.

Stay and Certiorari Denied October 15, 1984. See 105 S.Ct. 306.

POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

Earnest Knighton, Jr., a death-sentenced state prisoner, seeks habeas corpus relief, 28 U.S.C. § 2254, from his execution scheduled for the early morning hours of Wednesday, September 5, 1984. Treating his notice of appeal from the trial court's judgment denying such relief as a request for a certificate of probable cause, Fed.R.App.P. 22, there is presently before...

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