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HOFFLER v. PEYTON

Nos. 11234, 11235.

411 F.2d 608 (1969)

Hubert Earl HOFFLER, Appellant, v. C. C. PEYTON, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary, Appellee. Ruben PIERCE, Appellant, v. C. C. PEYTON, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 16, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Rudovsky, Philadelphia, Pa., (court-appointed) for appellants.

Reno S. Harp, III, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Virginia (Robert Y. Button, Atty. Gen. of Virginia, on brief) for appellee.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and SOBELOFF and BUTZNER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Hubert Earl Hoffler and Ruben Pierce appeal from an order of the district court denying their petitions for writs of habeas corpus.

Petitioners' sole claim for relief is that they were denied the effective assistance of counsel at their trial resulting in their conviction for robbery in April 1963. Their convictions were affirmed by the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia. Pierce v. Commonwealth, 205 Va. 528,

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