Legal Opinion

Williams v. Cain

District Court, E.D. Louisiana

Decided June 23, 1999No. CIV. A. 97-2192Published

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER AND REASONS

MENTZ, District Judge.

The court addresses here the pro se petition of Elmore J. Williams for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Williams is a state prisoner incarcerated in the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, Louisiana. He was convicted of second degree murder under La.Rev.Stat. § 14:30.1 after trial by jury in the Criminal District Court for the Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana on May 25, 1989. He was sentenced to life imprisonment without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence on October 3, 1989. His sentence and conviction…

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