Jasper W. Bowden v. State of Florida

This appeal is from an order of the district court denying the petition of a Florida prisoner for a writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.

In his petition to the court below, appellant contended that he was denied effective assistance of counsel during his trial proceedings, and that he waived his right to trial by jury upon a false promise, communicated to him by his attorney, that such a waiver would result in his being placed on probation.

The district court, after conducting a full evidentiary hearing on the merits of appellant’s contention at which appellant was represented by court-appointed…