LOWENFIELD v. PHELPS

No. 87-3305.

817 F.2d 285 (1987)

Leslie LOWENFIELD, Petitioner-Appellant, v. C. Paul PHELPS, Secretary of the Department of Corrections, State of Louisiana, et al., Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Stay Granted June 16, 1987.

Certiorari Granted in Part June 22, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maurice N. Ross, New York City, Nancy Marshall, New Orleans, La., for petitioner-appellant.

John J. Molaison, Jr., Dorothy A. Pendergast, Asst. Dist. Attys., Research & Appeals, Gretna, La., for respondents-appellees.

Before REAVLEY, JOHNSON and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.


Stay Granted June 16, 1987. See 107 S.Ct. 3221.

Certiorari Granted in Part June 22, 1987. See 107 S.Ct. 3227.

W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

The petitioner, Leslie Lowenfield, was convicted of the first degree murder of three persons; the court sentenced him to death on each count on the jury's recommendation. The conviction and sentence was affirmed by the Louisiana Supreme Court, State v. Lowenfield, 495 So.2d 1245

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