Legal Opinion
Robert Otto Joensen v. Louie L. Wainwright, as Secretary, Department of Offender Rehabilitation, State of Florida
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 23, 1980No. 78-3072PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMPSON, Circuit Judge:
This appeal is from the district court’s denial of habeas corpus relief to Joensen, a Florida prisoner presently serving a life sentence pursuant to his May 1953 conviction for murder in the first degree. We affirm.
Notice of appeal from the judgment and sentence was timely filed in August 1953. Thereafter, on November 9, 1953, counsel for petitioner and counsel for the State of Florida entered into a stipulation for dismissal of the appeal, and the Supreme Court of Florida accordingly dismissed the appeal on November 19, 1953.
In 1973 Joensen sought the right to a…
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