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PETITION OF THOMAS

Civ. A. No. 12398.

261 F.Supp. 263 (1966)

Petition of Willie Lee THOMAS for a Writ of Habeas Corpus and other relief.

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

December 5, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Goodwin, Brown & O'Hearn, Shreveport, La., for petitioner.

John A. Richardson, Dist. Atty., and C. J. Bolin, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Shreveport, La., for defendant.

OPINION ON THE MERITS

BEN C. DAWKINS, Jr., Chief Judge.

Petitioner, Willie Lee Thomas, was charged in the Louisiana state court with simple battery, a misdemeanor under state law. After appearing in court with his attorney on August 6, 1963, he was sentenced to two years in the parish jail. The sentence was suspended and he was placed on two years active probation.

April 28, 1964, after appearing in court without an attorney and pleading guilty to...

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