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JONES v. BUTLER

No. 85-4846.

837 F.2d 691 (1988)

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

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied March 25, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David R. Rhein, Louisville, Ky. (court appointed), for petitioner-appellant.

A.M. Stroud, III, Asst. Dist. Atty., Catherine Estopinal, Randall K. Colvin, Asst. Dist. Atty., Paul Carmouche, Dist. Atty., Shreveport, La., for respondent-appellee.

Before TIMBERS, KING, and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied March 25, 1988.

PER CURIAM:

This appeal from a judgment entered September 10, 1985 in the Western District of Louisiana, Tom Stagg, Chief Judge, denying a State prisoner's petition for a writ of habeas corpus presents the question whether he was denied effective assistance of counsel because of his counsel's failure to call two psychiatrists at his first degree murder trial. We hold he was not denied effective...

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