Andrew Rought v. C. Murray Henderson, Warden

This appeal is taken from an order of the district court denying habeas corpus relief to a Louisiana state prisoner. We reverse and remand. 1

Appellant, represented by court-appointed counsel, was convicted upon trial by jury of simple burglary. He was sentenced on January 25, 1967, to seven years imprisonment. No direct appeal was taken. After exhausting state remedies, appellant filed his habeas petition in the United States district court alleging that his trial counsel was incompetent for failing to visit him until the day of the trial, to file a timely motion to suppress, to call…