Legal Opinion

Lorin Andre v. William J. Guste, Jr., Attorney General, State of Louisiana

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided July 28, 1988No. 87-3620PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner-appellant Lorin Andre (Andre) appeals the district court’s dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenging his 1981 Louisiana second degree murder conviction. We affirm.

Facts and Proceedings Below

From February 4 to February 6, 1981, Andre was tried before a jury in Louisiana state court for the offense of second degree murder. On February 6, 1981, after the jury retired to deliberate, but before it returned a verdict, members of the murder victim’s family approached the prosecuting attorney about representing them in a civil suit against…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Kuhlmann v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Charles Jones v. W.J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
  3. Willis Lansing Ganger v. C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary, Appellant(two Cases)Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
  4. Alejandro Sanchez v. Board of Regents of Texas Southern UniversityCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
  5. Ernest Daniels v. Frank Blackburn, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary and William Guste, Jr., Attorney General, State of LouisianaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Barnard v. CollinsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
  2. Stanko v. DavisCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2010
  3. Larry Williams v. John P. Whitley, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, John Fulford v. John P. Whitley, Warden, Louisiana State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
  4. Dombroff v. Greene (In Re Dombroff)District Court, S.D. New York · 1996
  5. Nolan Anthony Schouest v. John P. Whitley, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, and the Attorney General of the State of LouisianaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991

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