Horowitz v. Wainwright

Bernard and David Horowitz, father and son, filed petitions in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida for habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254, alleging various claims for relief. Because their petitions present the same facts and legal issues, they have been consolidated for this appeal. The district court dismissed each petition because one of the claims had not been exhausted in the Florida state courts. We affirm.

The petitioners were convicted, following a jury trial, of twenty-one counts of “fraudulent securities transactions,” in violation of…