Emile Weston, Jr. v. Maurice Sigler, Warden of the Louisiana State Penitentiary

Weston was convicted of aggravated rape in the district court and sentenced to death by electrocution. The Louisiana Supreme Court affirmed the sentence and Weston then filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

The district court denied the petition on the ground that Weston had failed to exhaust his state remedies prior to seeking federal relief. We affirm the district court. 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254; 1 Johnson v. Wilson, 5 Cir., 1942, 131 F.2d 1; Morton v. Henderson, 5 Cir., 1941, 123 F.2d 48.

The order of the district…