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UNITED STATES v. SIGLER

Misc. No. 550.

234 F.Supp. 171 (1964)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Clifton Alton PORET and Edgar Labat, Petitioners, v. Maurice SIGLER, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Respondent.

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana, Baton Rouge Division.

October 8, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Wray Gill, Gerard H. Schreiber, New Orleans, La., for relator Clifton Alton Poret.

Benjamin E. Smith, Smith, Waltzer, Jones & Peebles, New Orleans, La., for relator Edgar Labat. Edward Bennett Williams, Williams, Wadden & Stein, Washington, D. C., of counsel.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen. of Louisiana, John E. Jackson, Jr., Michael E. Culligan, Asst. Attys. Gen. of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, La., for respondent.

WEST, District Judge.

This matter is once more before the Court on the application of petitioners, Clifton Alton Poret and Edgar Labat, for the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus. Closely rivaling the now famous Chessman case for duration, this case seems to have no ending. The apparent inability of the State to completely administer its criminal laws, from arrest to punishment, is caused by the almost limitless post-conviction remedies made available to defendants...

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