JOSEPH v. BUTLER

No. 86-3485.

838 F.2d 786 (1988)

Anthony JOSEPH, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Robert H. BUTLER, Sr., Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, et al., Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 3, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony Joseph, pro se.

Patricia I. Edwards, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, La., for respondents-appellees.

Before THORNBERRY, POLITZ, and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.


THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

We granted Anthony Joseph a certificate of probable cause to appeal the district court's denial of his petition for habeas corpus. We now affirm.

In 1983, Louisiana charged Joseph with burglary. At the arraignment, Joseph, who was represented by the parish Indigent Defender's Office, pleaded guilty. A presentencing investigation revealed that Joseph had three prior convictions under his own name and an alias. As a result, the state...

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