Legal Opinion
Michael R. Branan v. William E. Booth, and Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General of the State of Florida
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided December 20, 1988No. 88-3052PublishedCited by 155 opinions
Non-Argument Calendar.
1Per curiam
Petitioner-appellant, Michael R. Branan, a Florida prisoner, seeks review of the district court’s dismissal with prejudice of his petition for writ of habeas corpus (28 U.S. C. § 2254). Branan was convicted of sexual battery with slight force and sentenced to 15 years in prison by a Palm Beach County Circuit Court in 1984. After exhausting state remedies, Branan filed the instant petition for habeas relief. In his petition, Branan alleges that he was denied due process and equal protection because the trial judge relied on invalid reasons in departing from the Florida sentencing guidelines…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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