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WARD v. WHITLEY

Nos. 89-3831, 90-3855.

21 F.3d 1355 (1994)

Thomas Lee WARD, Petitioner-Appellant, v. John P. WHITLEY, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, Louisiana, et al., Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 17, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory Bialecki, Deval L. Patrick, David A. Hoffman, Hill & Barlow, Boston, MA, for Ward in Nos. 89-3831, 90-3855.

Alan H. Katz, Montgomery, Barnett, Brown, Read, Hammond & Mintz, New Orleans, LA, for Ward in No. 89-3831.

Jack Peebles, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, LA, for Whitley in Nos. 89-3831, 90-3855.

Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., New Orleans, LA, for Whitley in No. 89-3831.

Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, KING and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges.

POLITZ, Chief Judge:

Thomas Lee Ward, convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death, appeals the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.

Background

Upon his release from a California jail Ward boarded a bus for New Orleans. He drank vodka and shot cocaine throughout the three-day trip and slept little, if at all. Arriving late in the evening of June 22, 1983, he went directly to the Hagan Street address of...

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