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WILLIAMS v. SMITH

No. 88-4761 Summary Calendar.

888 F.2d 28 (1989)

Solomon WILLIAMS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Larry SMITH, Acting Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, et al., Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 13, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Solomon Williams, Angola, La., pro se.

Eddie Knoll, Dist. Atty., Twelfth Judicial Dist., Thomas E. Papale, Marksville, La., for respondents-appellees.

Before GEE, DAVIS, and JONES, Circuit Judges.

EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Williams asserts that his convictions for armed robbery and attempted first-degree murder violated double jeopardy and that he received ineffective assistance of counsel who failed to investigate Williams' drug-intoxicated state at the time of the offenses. We find no merit in these contentions and affirm the denial of habeas corpus relief.

In May 1981, Williams pleaded guilty to armed robbery of Dave Jackson and Marion...

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