BROWN v. BUTLER

No. 88-4163.

876 F.2d 427 (1989)

Quenton N. BROWN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Robert H. BUTLER, Sr., Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 3, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan Turley (court appointed), New Orleans, La., for petitioner-appellant.

Quenton N. Brown, Angola, La., pro se.

Thomas C. Senette, Asst. Dist. Atty., Bernard E. Boudreaux, Jr., Dist. Atty., New Iberia, La., for respondent-appellee.

Before THORNBERRY, WILLIAMS, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.


THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Quenton Brown petitioned the district court for habeas corpus relief in connection with his 1974 Louisiana conviction for armed robbery. Brown argued that rebuttal testimony elicited by the state from a psychiatrist who had earlier examined Brown violated his Fifth Amendment guarantee against self-incrimination. After an independent review, the district court adopted a court-appointed magistrate's recommendation that the state...

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