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WELCH v. BUTLER

No. 86-3881.

835 F.2d 92 (1988)

Kerry Van WELCH, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Robert H. BUTLER, Sr., Warden, Louisiana, State Penitentiary, et al., Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied February 24, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur Abercrombie, Baton Rouge, La., (Court-appointed), for petitioner-appellant.

Kerry V. Welch, pro se.

Kay Kirkpatrick, Asst. Dist. Atty., Baton Rouge, La., for respondents-appellees.

Before SNEED, REAVLEY, and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied February 24, 1988.

SNEED, Circuit Judge:

Kerry Van Welch appeals the district court's rejection of his habeas corpus petition. We affirm.

I.

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS BELOW

In April 1977, Marshall Carruth was found murdered in Baker, Louisiana. The murder remained unsolved until 1982. In the summer of 1982, Kerry Van Welch told his estranged wife Barbara...

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