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LAWRENCE v. HENDERSON

Misc. A. No. 1642.

318 F.Supp. 230 (1970)

James LAWRENCE L.S.P. #66555 v. C. Murray HENDERSON, Warden.

United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

October 13, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis B. Merhige, Baldwin & Merhige, New Orleans, La., for petitioner.

John Volz, Asst. Dist. Atty., Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, New Orleans, La., for respondent.

HEEBE, District Judge:

Petitioner James Lawrence brought this writ of habeas corpus to challenge the constitutionality of his conviction for possession of a narcotics outfit. Along with other issues, he contends that the prosecutor coercively used Louisiana's multiple billing procedure to deprive him of his due process right to an effective appeal. For reasons given below, we hold that the petitioner's due process rights as guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment were...

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