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FRANKLIN v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 24155.

381 F.2d 322 (1967)

Willie Charles FRANKLIN, Appellant, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Director, Division of Corrections, State of Florida, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

June 29, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willie Charles Franklin, pro se.

Wallace E. Allbritton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Fla., for appellee.

Before RIVES and DYER, Circuit Judges, and JOHNSON, District Judge.

PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from a denial of habeas corpus without an evidentiary hearing. The appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1965 upon his plea of nolo contendere in the Circuit Court of Pinellas County, Florida.

Under Florida law the plea of nolo contendere, when accepted by the court, has the same effect as a plea of guilty. Peel v. State, Fla.App.1963, 150 So.2d 281, cert. den., 380 U.S. 986, 85 S...

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