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UNITED STATES EX REL. REIS v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 74-3422.

525 F.2d 1269 (1976)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Lillian REIS, Petitioner-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Director, Division of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee, Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 23, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel Hirschhorn, Yale T. Freeman, Miami, Fla., for petitioner-appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Linda C. Hertz, Asst. Atty. Gen., Miami, Fla., for respondent-appellee.

Before GEWIN, GOLDBERG and DYER, Circuit Judges.

GEWIN, Circuit Judge:

In two separate state proceedings appellant Reis was convicted of unlawful possession of marijuana1 and of obtaining prescription drugs by giving a false name and address.2 In her § 2254 habeas corpus petition filed below she challenged the constitutionality of both convictions, raising two grounds for relief. Her first contention was that she had been denied her right to reasonably...

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