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JACKSON v. GODWIN

No. 25299.

400 F.2d 529 (1968)

Herman JACKSON, Jr., Appellant, v. James B. GODWIN, etc., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

July 23, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Meltsner, New York City, Earl M. Johnson, Jacksonville, Fla., for appellant.

David U. Tumin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Fla., for appellee.

Before TUTTLE and GOLDBERG, Circuit Judges and HOOPER, District Judge.

TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner Herman Jackson is a twenty-seven year-old Negro who has been a prisoner for over seven years at the Florida State Prison under sentence of death for the crime of rape. Petitioner is lodged in the prison's maximum security area, the East Unit, which has a population of about 1,100 or one-third of the prison's population. Approximately one-half of the population of the East Unit and of the prison as a whole is Negro. Jackson resides...

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