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STATE v. WOODEN

No. 39919.

246 So.2d 755 (1971)

STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Otis WOODEN, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

April 7, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Michael J. Minerva, Asst. Atty. Gen., for petitioner.

Louis O. Frost, Jr., Public Defender and Gerald Sohn, Asst. Public Defender, for respondent.

McCAIN, Justice.

Respondent was convicted of rape and sentenced to 30 years in prison. He was advised of his right to appeal, but his court-appointed counsel refused his request for reasons of professional judgment, among which was counsel's conclusion that no meritorious ground for appeal existed. No appeal was taken.

By petition for writ of habeas corpus directed to the First District Court of Appeal [Wooden v. State, 236 So.2d 137

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