GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from an order of the District Court granting Byrd's petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.
On April 6, 1966 Byrd was indicted in Florida state court for rape, along with six other defendants. In May he moved for a severance, stating that his defense would vary from that of the codefendants, that he would require the testimony of certain of the codefendants and could not at any stage of the trial expect or...
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