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CANCLER v. MAGGIO

No. 76-3263.

550 F.2d 1034 (1977)

John W. CANCLER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ross MAGGIO, Acting Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 14, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory Pechukas, New Orleans, La. (Court-appointed), for petitioner-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen. of La., William L. Brockman, Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Geraldine S. Veazey, Brian G. Meissner, Asst. Dist. Attys., New Orleans, La., for respondent-appellee.

Before GEWIN, SIMPSON and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

We review on appeal the trial court's denial of a petition for habeas corpus brought by a Louisiana prisoner in the respondent's custody.

Petitioner was convicted of burglary in a Louisiana state court jury trial, and sentenced as a third offender to eighteen years confinement. The conviction was affirmed. State v. Cancler, 252 La. 380, 211 So.2d 298 (1968).

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