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JOHNSON v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 71-3103 Summary Calendar.

456 F.2d 1200 (1972)

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

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 25, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary M. Ketchum, Tampa, Fla., for petitioner-appellant.

Michael N. Corin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Fla., for respondent-appellee.

Before GEWIN, AINSWORTH and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Wilbur M. Johnson represented by privately retained counsel pled guilty in a Florida court to a charge of breaking and entering. He was sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment and no direct appeal was taken. Thereafter, he made several unsuccessful efforts to obtain state post-conviction relief. He subsequently sought habeas corpus relief in the United States District Court upon two grounds: (1) that his plea of guilty was involuntary because both the...

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