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WATSON v. BLACKBURN

No. 85-3152.

756 F.2d 1055 (1985)

Willie WATSON, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Frank BLACKBURN, Warden Louisiana State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 18, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jed Stone, Waukegan, Ill., Ralph Whalen, New Orleans, La., for petitioner-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr. Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, La., Gregory C. Champagne, Asst. Dist. Atty., Twenty-Ninth Judicial Dist., Hahnville, La., for respondent-appellee.

Before GEE, JOHNSON, and DAVIS Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Willie Watson, Jr., was convicted in Louisiana of capital murder and sentenced to death. After appealing his conviction and seeking collateral relief in the Louisiana state courts, Watson filed the instant petition in federal district court seeking habeas corpus relief, 28 U.S.C. § 2254, from his execution scheduled for the early morning hours of Tuesday, March 19, 1985. On March 18, 1985, the district court entered judgment denying all relief. There...

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