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NULL v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 74-1923.

508 F.2d 340 (1975)

William Gene NULL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Director Division of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 19, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Anthony Sexton, Tampa, Fla. (Court-appointed), for petitioner-appellant.

Charles Corces, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richard G. Pippinger, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, Fla., for respondent-appellee.

Before GEWIN and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges, and NICHOLS, Associate Judge.

GEWIN, Circuit Judge:

A Florida court sitting without a jury found appellant Null guilty of carnally knowing a female child under the age of ten and sentenced him to life imprisonment. See Fla.Stat.Ann. § 794.01 (1965).1 Appellant petitioned the state courts for reversal of his conviction through direct appeal and later via habeas corpus. When those efforts failed, he sought a federal writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U...

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