SCHWANDER v. BLACKBURN

No. 84-3444 Summary Calendar.

750 F.2d 494 (1985)

Peter James SCHWANDER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Frank BLACKBURN, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary and William J. Custe, Jr., Attorney General of the State of Louisiana, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 17, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter James Schwander, pro se.

Elizabeth M. Gaudin, Dorothy A. Pendergast, Asst. Dist. Attys., Research & Appeals, Gretna, La., for respondents-appellees.

Before WILLIAMS, JOLLY, and HILL, Circuit Judges.


ROBERT MADDEN HILL, Circuit Judge:

A state prisoner appeals from the district court's order denying his petition for habeas corpus relief. He argues that an incomplete trial transcript denied him a meaningful state court appeal and that he was denied effective assistance of counsel at trial and on appeal. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the order of the district court denying habeas corpus relief.

I. Procedural Background

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