Legal Opinion
Horace Lovett, Jr. v. State of Florida
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 8, 1980No. 79-2304PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RANDALL, Circuit Judge:
This appeal is from the denial by a district court of Horace Lovett’s 28 U.S.C. § 2254 application for a writ of habeas corpus. Lovett seeks relief from his conviction in a Florida state court on a charge of uttering a forged instrument in violation of Fla.Stat.Ann. § 831.02. Lovett was sentenced to a five year prison term for the offense, and his conviction was affirmed on appeal.
Lovett asserts that his trial counsel was ineffective because: (1) he failed to try to locate certain witnesses who Lovett claims could offer evidence favorable to him; (2) he failed to…
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3Cited by74 opinions
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