Legal Opinion
Ryan v. Louisiana
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided September 27, 1967No. Misc. No. 1272Published
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
COMISKEY, District Judge.
An evidentiary hearing was granted William Patrick Ryan, indigent, on his application for a writ of habeas corpus on the sole point of his right to have his trial and' conviction in the Criminal District Court for the Parish of Orleans reviewed on appeal with court appointed counsel.
When applicant was convicted on February 13, 1967, he told the Court that he wanted to appeal and told his then court appointed counsel of his desire to appeal. He thereafter showed his desire to appeal by writing letters to the Criminal District Court and by telling…
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