LaROCHE v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 78-2491.

599 F.2d 722 (1979)

LeRoy LaROCHE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 30, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

I. Paul Mandelkern, Orlando, Fla. (Court-appointed), for petitioner-appellant.

Benedict P. Kuehne, West Palm Beach, Fla., for respondent-appellee.

Before THORNBERRY, GOLDBERG and GEE, Circuit Judges.


GEE, Circuit Judge:

LeRoy LaRoche appeals from the denial of his petition for habeas corpus. He raises three points of error regarding his 1972 Florida trial for rape of a college student. The first two deal with the court's procedures in admitting an in-custody statement in which LaRoche had denied being on the beach where the rape occurred, a denial at odds with his trial testimony. The final asserted error regards his...

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