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ATWELL v. BLACKBURN

No. 85-3187.

800 F.2d 502 (1986)

Ronnie ATWELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Frank C. BLACKBURN, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 26, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence B. Fabacher, II, New Orleans, La. (Court appointed), for plaintiff-appellant.

Terry Boudreaux, Patricia E. Black, Asst. Dist. Attys., New Orleans, La., for defendants-appellees.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, GOLDBERG and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges.

GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

Rennie Gordon Atwell, who is serving a life sentence in the Louisiana state penitentiary, appeals from the district court's denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus. Atwell asserts two primary grounds for relief. First, he claims that he was indicted by a grand jury that did not represent a fair cross-section of the community as required by the United States Constitution. Second, he contends that the state's failure to disclose prior...

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