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MATTHESON v. KING

No. 84-3114.

751 F.2d 1432 (1985)

Howard MATTHESON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. John T. KING, Secretary of the Department of Corrections, et al., Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 22, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matt Greenbaum, New Orleans, La., for petitioner-appellant.

William R. Campbell, Jr., Susan Scott Hunt, Asst. Dist. Attys., New Orleans, La., for respondents-appellees.

Before REAVLEY, RANDALL and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

RANDALL, Circuit Judge:

Howard Mattheson was convicted in a Louisiana court of the first degree murder of Mamie Dupaquier and sentenced to death. After exhausting state remedies, Mattheson filed an amended application for federal habeas relief. On January 16, 1984, the district court denied Mattheson's amended application and declined to issue a certificate of probable cause to appeal. On April 27, 1984, we granted Mattheson's motion for a certificate of probable...

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