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HIGGINS v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 28832 Summary Calendar.

424 F.2d 177 (1970)

Francis J. HIGGINS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Director, Division of Corrections, State of Florida, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 25, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis J. Higgins, pro se.

Charles Musgrove, J. Terrell Williams, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach Fla., for respondent-appellee.

Before BELL, AINSWORTH, and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

This appeal is taken from an order of the district court denying without an evidentiary hearing the petition of a Florida convict for the writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.1

Appellant was convicted by a jury and is presently serving a life sentence for armed robbery. In his petition for the writ of habeas corpus filed in the court below, appellant asserted three grounds for...

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