District Court, E.D. Louisiana May 21, 1964, No. 694 (United States ex rel. Davis v. Davis)

WEST, District Judge.

Petitioner, Edward Davis, has applied to this Court for the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus. He is presently incarcerated at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, awaiting execution pursuant to a prior conviction of murder. His conviction was duly appealed through the Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana where both the conviction and sentence were affirmed.