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LUCAS v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 79-1173. Summary Calendar.

604 F.2d 373 (1979)

Henry Nixon LUCAS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, etc., Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 8, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry Nixon Lucas, pro se.

Michael J. Kotler, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, Fla., for respondent-appellee.

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

PER CURIAM:

Petitioner Henry Nixon Lucas appeals from the denial of his petition for habeas corpus, 28 U.S.C. § 2254, in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. Lucas contends that his current incarceration in the Florida state penal system is in violation of the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution because of ineffective assistance of counsel he received during his state court trial. The assertion is...

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