James Lawrence L.S.P. 66555 v. C. Murray Henderson, Warden

THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

Appellee Lawrence was convicted in 1968 in a Louisiana court of heroin possession and sentenced to a twelve-year term of imprisonment. He petitioned the district court below for a writ of habeas corpus, which was granted conditionally. 1 ***The Louisiana Prison Warden appeals. Finding his five assignments of error to be without merit, we affirm.

The facts which led to the conviction are summarized in the district court’s opinion:

On January 15, 1968, James Lawrence, John Mosby, and Ella Washington were seated in Porter’s, a combination bar and pool room, at 2135…