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JONES v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 79-1908 Summary Calendar.

604 F.2d 414 (1979)

Robert J. JONES, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Director of Division for Corrections of the State of Florida, et al., Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 12, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Whittemore, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Robert W. Knight, Tampa, Fla., for petitioner-appellant.

William I. Munsey, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, Fla., for respondents-appellees.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, KRAVITCH and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Petitioner appeals the denial of his writ of habeas corpus on the grounds that his guilty plea was coerced and his attorney at a subsequent probation revocation hearing was ineffective. We affirm the District Court on both bases.

En Route To The Writ

In 1970, petitioner Robert J. Jones was charged with second degree murder. Jones pleaded guilty to manslaughter pursuant to plea negotiations between his court appointed attorney and...

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