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BISHOP v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 74-2617.

511 F.2d 664 (1975)

Sylvian Dale BISHOP, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Director, Division of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 18, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. B. Vocelle, Charles M. Rieders (Court appointed), Vero Beach, Fla., John P. Grier, Cocoa Beach, Fla., for petitioner-appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Fla., Basil S. Diamond, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, Fla., for respondent-appellee.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, and MURRAH and WISDOM, Circuit Judges.

MURRAH, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Bishop was convicted by jury verdict in state court and sentenced to death for the murder of two girls. On appeal, the Florida Supreme Court upheld the conviction while commuting the sentence to life imprisonment.1 Bishop then filed this habeas corpus petition alleging these errors: (1) denial of change of venue in light of jury bias, caused by intense and inflammatory pre-trial publicity; (2) failure to...

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