LEE v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 22535.

356 F.2d 507 (1966)

Sandsbury LEE, Appellant, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Director, Division of Corrections, State of Florida, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 10, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Before JONES and BROWN, Circuit Judges, and BREWSTER, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

This appeal is from a judgment denying appellant's petition for writ of habeas corpus attacking his Florida state court conviction. The present action followed a series of post-conviction proceedings in the Florida courts.

The felony conviction under attack was had in 1957. While the State of Florida could have sought enhancement of his punishment as a several time felony offender under its multiple offender statute (F.S.A. #775.09), it followed...

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