CHAVIS v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 73-3235. Summary Calendar.

488 F.2d 1077 (1973)

Charles CHAVIS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Director, Division of Corrections, State of Florida, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 18, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip A. Hubbart, Public Defender, Lewis S. Kimler, Asst. Public Defender, 11th Judicial Circuit of Fla., Miami, Fla., for petitioner-appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Fla., Arnold R. Ginsberg, Barry Scott Richard, J. Robert Olian, Asst. Attys. Gen., Miami, Fla., for respondent-appellee.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, and DYER and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges


DYER, Circuit Judge:

Chavis appeals the denial of his petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus by the district court, contending that the inventory of his clothing at a hospital made by a police officer investigating the stabbing of Chavis was an illegal search and that he was, therefore, entitled to have the heroin found in his clothing suppressed. We disagree and affirm.

Chavis was convicted in a Florida state court...

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