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BUCHANAN v. BLITCH

No. 6473.

57 F.2d 668 (1932)

BUCHANAN v. BLITCH, Superintendent of State Prison.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 23, 1932.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emett C. Choate, of Miami, Fla., C. L. Waller and Claude Pepper, both of Tallahassee, Fla., and W. J. Sears, Jr., of Jacksonville, Fla., for appellant.

Cary D. Landis, Atty. Gen., of Florida, and H. E. Carter, Asst. Atty. Gen., of Florida, for appellee.

Before BRYAN, FOSTER, and HUTCHESON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from an order denying a petition for the writ of habeas corpus. It is here upon a certificate of the District Judge that in his opinion probable cause was shown for its allowance. 28 USCA § 466.

Appellant was convicted in a state court of murder in the first degree and sentenced to capital punishment by electrocution. The state statute provides for the execution of such a sentence...

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