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TRASS v. MAGGIO

No. 83-3419.

731 F.2d 288 (1984)

Richard TRASS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ross MAGGIO, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, and Attorney General William J. Guste, Jr., State of Louisiana, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 7, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lila T. Hogan, Hammond, La., for petitioner-appellant.

John H. Craft, Susan Scott Hunt, Asst. Dist. Attys., New Orleans, La., for respondents-appellees.

Before GEE, RANDALL and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.

GEE, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner Richard Trass appeals from the district court's denial of his petition for habeas corpus relief. Trass was jointly indicted with Charles Tolliver in Louisiana state court for the murder of Allen Johnson. Trass and Tolliver were found guilty as charged in a joint trial and were sentenced to life imprisonment. Trass now contends that he was denied effective assistance of counsel in violation of his rights under the sixth and fourteenth...

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