Legal Opinion
Ricky Terrebonne v. Robert H. Butler, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 20, 1988No. 86-3403PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEE, Circuit Judge:
Ricky Terrebonne>s sentence to life imprisonment without parole for distributing heroin fírst came before a panel of our Court almost eight yearg ag0 gince tben> like gome unquiet ghogt) it has intermik-tently haunted our sessions.1 We now con-gider it for the fourth ^ the gecond en banc
Facts and Procedural History
The facts, as stated by Judge Rubin in his opinion for our former en banc Court, are:
In 1975, Ricky J. Terrebonne was a 21 year old. heroin addict. On September 18th, two agents of the Sheriffs Department of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, accompanied by a paid…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Traynor v. TurnageSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
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3Cited by21 opinions
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