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BROWN v. BROUGH

No. 9964.

346 F.2d 149 (1965)

Johnnie BROWN, Appellant, v. Franklin K. BROUGH, Warden Maryland Penitentiary, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 14, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Russell Smouse, Baltimore, Md. (Court-assigned counsel), for appellant.

Robert F. Sweeney, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Maryland (Thomas B. Finan, Atty. Gen. of Maryland, on brief), for appellee.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and SOBELOFF and J. SPENCER BELL, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Thrice convicted of the murder of a policeman, who was shot in the back, Johnnie Brown seeks a writ of habeas corpus in the federal courts for the second time on the ground of inadequacy of his trial counsel.

Represented by one of the most experienced criminal trial lawyers on the Eastern shore of Maryland, Brown's first two convictions were set aside by Maryland's Court of Appeals, 150 A.2d 895,

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