BYRNE v. BUTLER

No. 88-4404.

847 F.2d 1135 (1988)

Edward R. BYRNE, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Hilton BUTLER, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, Louisiana, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 13, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rebecca Hudsmith, Shreveport, La., Nancy A. Baumgartner, Amanda Potterfield, Patrick R. Grady, Richard E. Kiausner, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for petitioner-appellant.

Henry N. Brown, Jr., Dist. Atty., Benton, La., for respondent-appellee.

Before RUBIN, KING and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.


On Application for a Certificate of Probable Cause and for a Stay of Execution

PER CURIAM:

Edward R. Byrne, Jr., a state prisoner sentenced to die on June 14, 1988, moves this court for a certificate of probable cause to appeal the district court's denial of his second petition for a writ of habeas corpus and for a stay of execution. The district court carefully considered and rejected each of Byrne's three asserted grounds for habeas relief in a Memorandum...

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