Howard Mattheson v. John T. King, Secretary of the Department of Corrections

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1985-01-22

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RANDALL, Circuit Judge: Howard Mattheson was convicted in a Louisiana court of the first degree murder of Mamie Dupaquier and sentenced to death. After exhausting state remedies, Mattheson filed an amended application for federal habeas relief. On January 16, 1984, the district court denied Mattheson’s amended application and decl…

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