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UNITED STATES v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 73-2065 Summary Calendar.

490 F.2d 96 (1974)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Willie YOUNG, Calvin Thomas and Harold Simon, Petitioners-Appellants, v. L. L. WAINWRIGHT, Director, Division of Corrections, State of Florida, et al., Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 20, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis G. Weller, New Orleans, La. (Court-appointed), for petitioners-appellants.

A. S. Johnston, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Fla., for respondents-appellees.

Before BELL, GODBOLD and GEE, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Willie Young, Calvin Thomas and Harold Simon appeal from the denial of habeas corpus by the district court. The sole issue decided below was the voluntariness of the confessions which led to their 1960 Florida convictions for first-degree murder.1 In an earlier proceeding, we held that the delay in bringing these petitioners before a committing magistrate did not render their convictions

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