UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
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No. 95-30844
Summary Calendar
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ANDREA HALL,
Petitioner-Appellant,
versus
BURL CAIN, Acting Warden,
Louisiana State Penitentiary,
Respondent-Appellee.
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Appeal from the United States District Court for the
Western District of Louisiana
(CA-94-2298)
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April 18, 1996
Before SMITH, BENAVIDES, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Andrea Hall appeals from the district court's partial denial
of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus. A
review of the record supports the magistrate judge's finding that,
as to Hall's Louisiana conviction for the attempted second-degree
murder of Joe Lewis Atkins, Hall failed to show that his trial
attorneys' failure to challenge a defective jury instruction was
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Pursuant to Local Rule 47.5, the court has determined that this
opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under
the limited circumstances set forth in Local Rule 47.5.4.
prejudicial. We affirm for the reasons stated by the district
court. See Hall v. Whitley, No. CV94-2298-A (W.D. La July 21,
1995).
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