PORTER v. SINCLAIR

No. 24454.

389 F.2d 277 (1967)

Willie PORTER, Appellant, v. DeWitt SINCLAIR, Warden, Florida State Prison, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

December 15, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Kanner, Miami, Fla., Norman C. Amaker, James M. Nabrit, III, New York City, for appellant.

George R. Georgieff, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Fla., for appellee.

Before TUTTLE and WISDOM, Circuit Judges, and HEEBE, District Judge.


TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Willie Porter is an indigent Negro confined in Florida State Prison under sentence of death for the crime of murder. His alleged victim was his mother-in-law. This is an appeal in forma pauperis from the district court's denial without a hearing of appellant's petition for writ of habeas corpus.

The appellant, through appointed counsel, prior to his state court trial, filed a motion to quash the venire from which the Grand...

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