Legal Opinion
Hines v. Louisiana
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided February 18, 2000No. Civ. 97-2618PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AND REASONS
MENTZ, District Judge.
This matter is before the court on a writ of habeas corpus filed by state prisoner Jerome Hines pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Upon review of the entire record, the Court has determined that no eviden-tiary hearing is necessary as all matters can be determined on the record presented. For the reasons set forth below, the court finds that the claims are without merit and the petition is DENIED.
A. Factual Background
Hines is a state prisoner serving a twenty-year sentence as a multiple felony offender after being convicted by a jury of simple burglary in…
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