EDGE v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 22202.

347 F.2d 190 (1965)

Joseph E. EDGE, Sr., Appellant, v. Louis L. WAINWRIGHT, Director, Division of Corrections, State of Florida, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 8, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph E. Edge, Sr., pro se.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., James G. Mahorner, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Fla., for appellee.

Before TUTTLE, Chief Judge, BELL, Circuit Judge, and DYER, District Judge.


TUTTLE, Chief Judge:

This appeal is taken by Joseph E. Edge, Sr., pro se, from the district court's denial, without a hearing, of his petition for habeas corpus. Indicted on a charge of first degree murder, Edge was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced, on February 26, 1953, to fifteen years1 in the Florida State Prison, where he is presently incarcerated. No notice of appeal from...

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