District Court, E.D. Louisiana July 9, 1963, Misc. No. 622 (United States ex rel. Scott v. Walker)

WEST, District Judge.

Petitioner applied to this Court for the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus. He is presently incarcerated in Louisiana State Penitentiary, awaiting execution of the death sentence imposed by a state court of competent jurisdiction after having been found guilty by a jury of the crime of aggravated rape.