Peter James Schwander v. Frank Blackburn, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary and William J. Custe, Jr., Attorney General of the State of Louisiana

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1985-01-17

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ROBERT MADDEN HILL, Circuit Judge: A state prisoner appeals from the district court’s order denying his petition for habeas corpus relief. He argues that an incomplete trial transcript denied him a meaningful state court appeal and that he was denied effective assistance of counsel at trial and on appeal. For the reasons that follow…

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