WILSON v. CAIN

No. 09-30807.

641 F.3d 96 (2011)

Craig WILSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Burl CAIN, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 11, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig Wilson , Angola, LA, pro se.

Kathryn W. Landry , Ieyoub & Landry, L.L.C., Baton Rouge, LA, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before GARWOOD, ELROD and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.


GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

Craig Wilson, a Louisiana state prisoner incarcerated at that state's Washington Correctional Institution (WCI), was convicted by a jury in Louisiana state court in December 1998 of the offense of attempted manslaughter for an attack on another inmate there, Ronald Edwards, and was sentenced to a forty-year term of imprisonment. Wilson applied for state habeas relief on various theories, including violation...

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