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WOODARD v. WAINWRIGHT

Nos. 76-3418, 76-3664.

556 F.2d 781 (1977)

Wayne WOODARD, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Louis L. WAINWRIGHT, Respondent-Appellee. Eddie BELL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Louis L. WAINWRIGHT, Secretary of Department of Offender Rehabilitation, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearings and Rehearings Denied September 19, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig S. Barnard, Asst. Public Defender, 15th Judicial Circuit of Florida, Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, West Palm Beach, Fla., for Woodard and Bell.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Anthony J. Golden, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, Fla., for Wainwright in both cases.

Richard P. Zaretsky, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Dept. of Legal Affairs), West Palm Beach, Fla., for Wainwright in 76-3418.

Before MORGAN and RONEY, Circuit Judges, and KING, District Judge.

Rehearings and Rehearings En Banc Denied September 19, 1977.

JAMES LAWRENCE KING, District Judge:

In these cases we review orders of two United States District Courts denying separate applications for writs of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 2254. Both cases present the single issue of the constitutionality of Fla.Stat. Section 39.02(5)(c) which automatically divests Florida Juvenile Courts from their normal jurisdiction over juveniles upon...

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