United States of America Ex Rel. Samuel Miller v. Louie L. Wainwright, Secretary, Department of Offender Rehabilitation

Miller filed in the district court a habeas corpus petition attacking his Florida 1976 nonjury murder trial and conviction. His conviction was affirmed on direct appeal, Miller v. State, 343 So.2d 1292 (Fla.Dist.Ct. App.), cert. denied, 352 So.2d 173 (Fla.S.Ct. 1977). In his petition he alleged ineffective assistance of counsel, involuntary waiver of jury trial, involuntary waiver of speedy trial, involuntary withdrawal of guilty plea, improperly admitted evidence, impropriety of the judge in withholding his knowledge of legal precedents, and denial of his right against self-incrimination.

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