Abram J. Jordan v. Louis L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections

Jordan, a Florida prisoner serving a 20-year sentence for robbery in the custody of the respondent, Wainwright, was denied habeas corpus relief by the lower court without an evidentiary hearing, but following argument after the respondent had responded to an order to show cause and attached to his response a commendably complete transcript of the prior state court proceedings, including pretrial motions, the jury trial transcript, briefs both on direct appeal 1 to the Florida court, the suit papers and briefs on appeal 2 in connection with Jordan’s posttrial motion 3 to set aside his judgment…