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GORHAM v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 78-1964 Summary Calendar.

588 F.2d 178 (1979)

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

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 22, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. Garnett Page, Temple Terrace, Fla., for petitioner-appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Robert J. Landry, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Fla., for respondent-appellee.

Before THORNBERRY, GODBOLD and RUBIN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from a denial of a writ of habeas corpus requested by Gorham, a state prisoner. In 1972 Gorham was convicted of rape by a Florida jury and sentenced to death.1 The Florida Supreme Court affirmed the conviction, Gorham v. State, 282 So.2d 874 (1973), and the United States Supreme Court denied certiorari, 416 U.S. 907 (1974). Gorham subsequently filed a petition for...

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