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FISHER v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 77-3022.

584 F.2d 691 (1978)

Ronald Lee FISHER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Director, Division of Corrections, State of Florida, Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 20, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles H. Livingston, (Court Appointed), Sarasota, Fla., for petitioner-appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Fla., William I. Munsey, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, Fla., for respondent-appellee.

Before RONEY, RUBIN and VANCE, Circuit Judges.

VANCE, Circuit Judge.

On a plea of nolo contendere Ronald Lee Fisher was convicted in Florida state court and was sentenced to life imprisonment for rape and to a concurrent fifteen year term for kidnapping. After exhausting state remedies,1 he petitioned the district court for a writ of habeas corpus. We affirm the lower court's denial of his petition.

Fisher's application for habeas corpus relief is grounded on the claim that...

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