EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Jeffrey Mims is a prisoner in a Louisiana state penitentiary serving a forty year sentence for manslaughter. He filed the present habeas corpus petition claiming that the inordinate delay in his direct appeal, which has lingered in a Louisiana appellate court for two years, has violated his due process rights.
BACKGROUND
Mims was found guilty by a Louisiana jury of manslaughter on April 20, 1996 and was subsequently...
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