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GRISSOM v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 73-3025.

494 F.2d 30 (1974)

Ernest Lee GRISSOM, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Director, Division of Corrections, Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, State of Florida, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 20, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip A. Hubbart, Public Defender, 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 WISDOM and GOLDBERG, Circuit Judges and LYNNE, Senior District Judge.

LYNNE, Senior District Judge:

Ernest Lee Grissom petitioned the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida for a writ of habeas corpus, contending that the state trial court had unconstitutionally deprived him of due process of law as guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment when it failed to hold a hearing and render a determination on the issue of his competence to stand trial. The district court denied...

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