JOHNSON v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 71-1694 Summary Calendar.

448 F.2d 387 (1971)

James JOHNSON, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Director, Division of Corrections, State of Florida, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 13, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Johnson, Jr., pro se.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen. of Florida, Tallahassee, Fla., Warren H. Petersen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lakeland, Fla., for respondent-appellee.

Before BELL, AINSWORTH, and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

The appellant was convicted of manslaughter in Manatee County, Florida, and sentenced on March 7, 1969 to serve a twenty-year prison term. In this appeal he seeks review of the order of a federal district Judge denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus on grounds of prematurity. We affirm.

Upon the appellant's conviction his privately-retained attorney filed a motion for new trial which was denied by his trial court. Although no direct criminal...

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