PRATT v. CAIN

No. 97-30019.

142 F.3d 226 (1998)

George PRATT, Jr., Petitioner-Appellee, v. Burl CAIN, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 20, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Cameron Murray, Monroe, LA, for Petitioner-Appellee.

John Michael Ruddick, Monroe, LA, for Respondent-Appellant.

Before BARKSDALE, BENAVIDES and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.


RHESA HAWKINS BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:

In this challenge to habeas relief conditionally granted to George Pratt, Jr., at issue is whether, pursuant to LA.CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN. art. 770 (West 1981) (mistrial for objected-to references by the State to inadmissible evidence of other crimes committed by the defendant), Pratt's counsel's failure to object to the prosecutor's references to Pratt's involvement with illegal drugs, both in questions on cross-examination of...

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