Legal Opinion
Theriot v. Whitley
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 7, 1994No. 92-04199PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Per curiam
Logan Theriot appeals the district court’s denial of his request for habeas corpus relief. Finding no error, we affirm.
FACTS.
On July 22,1987, Theriot pleaded guilty to the second degree murder of his wife, Salv-enne Theriot, in the 15th Judicial District Court in Acadia Parish. He was immediately sentenced to a term of life imprisonment at hard labor, without possibility of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.
Theriot then appealed successively to the Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeals and to the Louisiana Supreme Court, requesting post-conviction relief., Each court denied his…
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