ABRAHAM v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 26018.

407 F.2d 826 (1969)

Ghazi ABRAHAM, Appellant, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Director, Division of Corrections, Tallahassee, Florida, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

February 24, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ghazi Abraham, in pro. per.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Fla., James T. Carlisle, Vero Beach, Fla., Arden Siegendorf, Asst. Attys. Gen., Miami, Fla., for appellee.

Before BELL, AINSWORTH and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges.


AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:

Appellant is without counsel, and none having been appointed, the case cannot be orally heard. See Elchuk v. United States, 370 U.S. 722, 82 S.Ct. 1574, 8 L.Ed.2d 802 (1962). Accordingly, the case is properly placed on the summary calendar under Fifth Circuit Rule 18.

The appellant is a Florida state prisoner serving a sentence for murder in the second degree. The conviction was affirmed upon direct...

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