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ROBINSON v. WHITLEY

No. 90-4554.

2 F.3d 562 (1993)

Joseph Avery ROBINSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. John P. WHITLEY, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 8, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Sean Royall, Baker & Botts, Houston, TX (Court-appointed), for petitioner-appellant.

Charles Brandt, Lafayette, LA, for respondent-appellee.

Before DAVIS and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges, and ZAGEL, District Judge.

DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:

On April 23, 1984, a jury in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, convicted Joseph Avery Robinson of aggravated rape. The trial judge sentenced Robinson to life in prison at hard labor, without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence. The Louisiana court of appeals for the third circuit affirmed his conviction on direct appeal, State v. Robinson, 480 So.2d 329 (La.App. 3rd Cir.1985), and the...

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