WILLIAMS v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 26969.

410 F.2d 144 (1969)

Robert Earl WILLIAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Director, Division of Corrections, State of Florida, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 13, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Earl Williams, pro se.

Robert R. Crittenden, Morton J. Hanlon, Asst. Attys. Gen., of Florida, Lakeland, Fla., for defendant-appellee.

Before BELL, AINSWORTH and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant filed a petition for habeas corpus in the district court seeking to reverse his first-degree murder conviction on the ground that incriminating statements taken in violation of his constitutional rights were admitted into evidence at his trial. The district court denied relief because of a failure to exhaust state remedies.1

When a state prisoner seeks federal habeas relief it is not essential that he have...

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