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BROGDON v. BLACKBURN

No. 85-3451.

790 F.2d 1164 (1986)

John E. BROGDON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Frank BLACKBURN, Warden of the Louisiana State Penitentiary, at Angola, Louisiana, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied June 27, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David B. Girard, Bill Quigley, New Orleans, La., Silas Wasserstrom, Washington, D.C., for petitioner-appellant.

Gregory C. Champagne, Asst. Dist. Atty., 29th Judicial Dist., Hahnville, La., William J. Guste, Atty. Gen., New Orleans, La., for respondent-appellee.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, WILLIAMS and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied June 27, 1986.

PER CURIAM:

Appellant John Brogdon is at Angola State Penitentiary, Louisiana, under sentence of death. Brogdon was to have been executed on August 2, 1985. Two days before his scheduled execution, Brogdon asked this Court for habeas corpus relief. Because insufficient time remained for us to consider his claims properly, we granted a stay of execution.

Upon a careful review of these claims and...

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