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DAVIS v. BUTLER

No. 86-4661 Summary Calendar.

825 F.2d 892 (1987)

Ezra DAVIS, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Robert H. BUTLER, Sr., Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 27, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ezra Davis, Jr., pro se.

John F. Johnson, Dist. Atty., Vidalia, La.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, La., for respondent-appellee.

Before POLITZ, WILLIAMS and JONES, Circuit Judges:

EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

Ezra Davis, a state prisoner sentenced to life imprisonment after pleading guilty to charges of second degree murder, appeals the denial of his federal habeas corpus petition, 28 U.S.C. § 2254. On the third day of his trial, Davis changed his plea to guilty and was sentenced to life imprisonment with no possibility of parole, probation or suspension of sentence for forty years. He unsuccessfully sought postconviction relief in the...

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