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LEE v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 71-3230.

457 F.2d 771 (1972)

Joseph LEE, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 28, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Lee, Jr., pro se.

Robert Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Fla., Nelson E. Bailey, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, Fla., for respondent-appellee.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, and GOLDBERG and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Joseph Lee, Jr., a prisoner of the State of Florida, appeals from the district court's denial of his habeas corpus petition. Lee was convicted on trial by jury of murder in the first degree. He was sentenced on December 30, 1965, to life imprisonment by the Circuit Court of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida. There was no direct appeal.

In his federal habeas petition, the appellant contended that (1) he was mentally incompetent at the time...

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