THOMPSON v. CAIN

No. 97-30514.

161 F.3d 802 (1998)

John THOMPSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Burl CAIN, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, Louisiana, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

As Revised November 24, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Gordon Cooney, Michael L. Banks, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia, PA, Nicholas Joseph Trenticosta, Loyola Death Penalty Resource Center, New Orleans, LA, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Val Michael Solino, New Orleans, LA, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before DAVIS, EMILIO M. GARZA and STEWART, Circuit Judges.


STEWART, Circuit Judge:

Louisiana state prisoner John Thompson appeals his first degree murder conviction and death sentence. Specifically, Thompson alleges that at trial: (1) the government withheld critical evidence; (2) the government offered false or misleading testimony; (3) the trial court facilitated the coercion of a hold-out juror; (4) the government used its peremptory strikes to exclude blacks from the jury; (5) the trial court charged the jury with an...

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