Paul Eugene Owens v. Louie L. Wainwright, Secretary, Department of Offender Rehabilitation, State of Florida
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Non-Argument Calendar.
1Per curiam
Paul Eugene Owens, serving a life sentence for rape of a female child under the age of eleven years in violation of Fla.Stat. Ann. § 794.01 (West 1973) (repealed 1974), appeals from a federal district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Owens challenges (1) the voluntariness of his guilty plea, (2) the effectiveness of his counsel, and (3) the constitutionality of the Florida statute. We affirm.
On August 2, 1973 Owens, then age 22, allegedly had sexual intercourse with a five year old girl. Arrested the same day, Owens signed a statement admitting the crime slightly…
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