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GLASS v. BLACKBURN

No. 85-4499.

791 F.2d 1165 (1986)

Jimmy L. GLASS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Frank BLACKBURN, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, Louisiana, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 12, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Michele Fournet, Baton Rouge, La., for petitioner-appellant.

Henry N. Brown, Jr., Dist. Atty., 26th Judicial Dist., Benton, La., William J. Guste, Atty. Gen., State of La., Baton Rouge, La., for respondent-appellee.

Before POLITZ, GARWOOD, and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

Sentenced to death by a jury for the murders of Newton and Earline Brown on Christmas Day, 1982, Jimmy L. Glass petitions for a writ of habeas corpus, 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court denied the petition and refused to issue a certificate of probable cause, which Glass now seeks from this court, 28 U.S.C. § 2253. We deny the requested certificate of probable cause, dismiss the appeal, and vacate the stay of execution heretofore...

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