Arthur W. Tifford v. Louie L. Wainwright, Secretary, Department of Offender Rehabilitation

A sixty-six count indictment charged S. K. Bronstein with various felonies resulting from his participation in a scheme to cash forged checks. Counts sixty-five and sixty-six of that indictment also charged Arthur Tifford, Bronstein’s attorney, with conspiracy to aid Bronstein to avoid detection and arrest, and- alleged that Tifford was an accessory after the fact. Bronstein, Tifford, and other co-defendants were tried in a joint trial in Florida state court and were convicted. Tifford subsequently petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus in federal district court, contending that the Florida…