Legal Opinion
Statewright v. State of Florida
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided May 29, 1975No. WPB-75-11-Civ-CFPublished
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER DISMISSING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
FULTON, Chief Judge.
I. BACKGROUND
This cause is before the Court on petition for writ of habeas corpus based on 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner was convicted by jury of murder in the first degree in Palm Beach County, on November 23, 1966. A motion for new trial was granted on December 16, 1966, and Petitioner was again convicted by jury on March 28, 1967. He was sentenced to a term of life imprisonment. Because Petitioner’s appeal of judgment and sentence of the second trial was frustrated by failure of his court-appointed counsel to timely…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Michigan v. TuckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- State v. StatewrightSupreme Court of Florida · 1974
- Charles Thomas Buchannon v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Florida Division of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
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