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SAWYER v. WHITLEY

Civ. A. No. 90-4035.

772 F.Supp. 297 (1991)

Robert Wayne SAWYER v. John WHITLEY, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, Louisiana.

United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana.

July 16, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas J. Trenticosta, New Orleans, La., for petitioner.

Dorothy A. Pendergast, Asst. Dist. Atty., Research & Appeals, Gretna, La., Annette Viator, Chief Legal Counsel, Dept. of Corrections, Baton Rouge, La., for respondent.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

MENTZ, District Judge.

This death penalty case is before the Court for review of Robert Sawyer's second petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. In the interest that the validity of his conviction be finally resolved, the Court permitted Sawyer to amend this second petition three times. The State filed responses to the petition and each amendment. After careful review of the briefs and evidence submitted...

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