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BENNETT v. STATE OF MARYLAND

No. 12806.

425 F.2d 181 (1970)

Donald Edward BENNETT, Appellant, v. STATE OF MARYLAND, and Harold Boslow, Director of Patuxent Institution, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 28, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan D. Yarbro, Baltimore, Md. (Court-appointed counsel), for appellant.

Donald Needle, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Maryland (Francis B. Burch, Atty. Gen. of Maryland, and Alfred J. O'Ferrall, III, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Maryland, on the brief), for appellees.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and BRYAN and CRAVEN, Circuit Judges.

CRAVEN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from denial in the district court of a petition for writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.

At his trial for rape of a 15-year-old girl, Donald Edward Bennett was represented by court appointed counsel who was "experienced in the trial of serious criminal cases" and "respected at the bar for his integrity."1 Even so, it is urged upon us that the performance of Bennett's counsel was so entirely...

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