ALEXANDER v. HENDERSON

Civ. A. No. 15685.

330 F.Supp. 812 (1971)

Russell ALEXANDER v. C. Murray HENDERSON, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary.

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

August 19, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren D. Rush, Lafayette, La. (Court-Appointed), for plaintiff.

Knowles M. Tucker, Dist. Atty., 16th Judicial District, New Iberia, La., for defendant.


PUTNAM, District Judge.

In a trial which began March 14, 1966, Russell Alexander was convicted of the murder of Mrs. Aline Buillard Carter and sentenced to death. He has petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus in this court, alleging that his conviction and sentence are unlawful for two reasons: (1) his conviction was based on confessions which should not have been received in evidence, and (2) veniremen were excluded from his jury for cause simply because they voiced...

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