Cockerham v. Cain

GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

Respondent-appellant Burl Cain, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary (the State), appeals the district court’s grant of habeas corpus relief as to Petitioner-appel-lee Raymond L. Cockerham’s (Cockerham) 1986 Louisiana armed robbery convictions. We Affirm.

Facts and Proceedings Below

On March 25, 1986, a jury of the Louisiana Orleans Parish Criminal District Court found Cockerham guilty of two counts of armed robbery. Cockerham was sentenced to two consecutive thirty year terms of imprisonment which he is currently serving in the Louisiana prison system. On direct appeal,…