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BROOKS v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 25771.

402 F.2d 105 (1968)

Adolphus BROOKS, Appellant, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Director, Florida Division of Corrections, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

October 15, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adolphus Brooks, pro se.

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

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

PER CURIAM:

Adolphus Brooks appeals from the United States District Court's denial of his petition for habeas corpus. We affirm.

The appellant was convicted of rape in the Circuit Court of Duval County, Florida, and sentenced to death on August 29, 1961. The sentence was commuted in 1966 to life imprisonment.

An order denying a prior petition for habeas corpus was appealed to this court which affirmed the lower court, but remanded with directions that...

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