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PRESSLEY v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 73-3113.

493 F.2d 894 (1974)

Nathaniel PRESSLEY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Director, Division of Corrections, Department of Health & Rehabilitation Services, State of Florida, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 4, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip A. Hubbart, Public Defender, 11th Judicial Circuit, Bennett H. Brummer, Asst. Public Defender, Miami, Fla., for petitioner-appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Joel D. Rosenblatt, Asst. Atty. Gen., Miami, Fla., for respondent-appellee.

Before DYER, MORGAN and RONEY, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Nathaniel Pressley alleges he was denied effective assistance of counsel in pursuing a petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Florida. We affirm the United States District Court's denial of a writ of habeas corpus on the grounds that Pressley has failed to exhaust state remedies. 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254.

Pressley's first degree murder conviction was affirmed by the Florida District Court of Appeal. His court-appointed counsel agreed...

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