JONES v. BUTLER

No. 88-3214.

864 F.2d 348 (1989)

Andrew Lee JONES, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Robert H. BUTLER, Sr., Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, Louisiana, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied February 21, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Di Giulio, Di Giulio & Bertucci, Baton Rouge, La., Judith G. Menadue (Court-appointed), Ginger Roberts Berrigan (Court-appointed), Gravel & Brady, Louisiana Capital Defense Project, New Orleans, La., for petitioner-appellant.

Dan J. Grady, III, Charles Grey, Asst. Dist. Attys., Baton Rouge, La., for respondent-appellee.

Before RUBIN, KING and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied February 21, 1989.

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

The State of Louisiana having sentenced him to death by electrocution, a state prisoner seeks habeas corpus on 18 grounds. We grant a certificate of probable cause to appeal, but, after reviewing the 70-page memorandum filed in the district court, the trial record, and the opinion of the district court, and after hearing oral argument, we find no violation of Jones's constitutional...

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