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PEREZ v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 78-1346.

594 F.2d 159 (1979)

Antonio PEREZ, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Secretary, Department of Offender Rehabilitation, State of Florida, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied July 13, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Anthony C. Musto, Margarite Esquiroz, Asst. Attys. Gen., Miami, Fla., for respondent-appellant.

Karen M. Gottlieb, Asst. Public Defender, Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, Miami, Fla., for petitioner-appellee.

Before MORGAN, FAY and RUBIN, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied July 13, 1979.

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

This case requires us to consider once again the constitutional standards by which the actions of counsel retained to defend the accused in a state court proceeding are to be measured when the lawyer has been shown to have been derelict in his duties. Antonio Perez brought this habeas corpus petition attacking a seven year sentence imposed after a jury verdict in a Florida...

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