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IN RE NEWTON

Civ. A. No. 8575.

224 F.Supp. 330 (1963)

In the Matter of Lester NEWTON on Application for Writ of Habeas Corpus.

United States District Court W. D. Louisiana, Alexandria Division.

December 6, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gravel, Sheffield & Fuhrer, Alexandria, La., for petitioner.

F. Jean Pharis, Dist. Atty., Alexandria, La., Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., State of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, La., for State of Louisiana.

HUNTER, District Judge.

Newton, a Negro, was indicted, tried and convicted in a Louisiana criminal court on a charge of rape. On June 23, 1960, he was sentenced to death. Following the overruling of his motion for a new trial and his motion in arrest of judgment, Newton perfected an appeal to the Louisiana Supreme Court. The conviction and sentence were affirmed by the Supreme Court of Louisiana on March 20, 1961. That Court denied a motion for re-hearing and the...

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