LAWRENCE v. HENDERSON

Misc. A. No. 1642.

344 F.Supp. 1287 (1972)

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

United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana.

July 3, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

John Volz, Louise Korns, Maurice R. Franks, Asst. Dist. Attys., Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, New Orleans, La., for respondent.


HEEBE, Chief Judge:

Petitioner James Lawrence brought a writ of habeas corpus to challenge the constitutionality of his conviction for possession of a narcotics outfit. After a full evidentiary hearing, the Court granted petitioner an out-of-time appeal so that the state appellate court could consider the constitutional issues. Lawrence v. Henderson, 318 F.Supp. 230 (E. D.La.1970). After the Louisiana Supreme Court affirmed petitioner...

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