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JOENSEN v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 78-3072.

615 F.2d 1077 (1980)

Robert Otto JOENSEN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, as Secretary, Department of Offender Rehabilitation, State of Florida, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied May 19, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Fla., Elliot H. Scherker, Asst. Public Defender, Miami, Fla., for petitioner-appellant.

James H. Greason, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Legal Affairs, Miami, Fla., for respondent-appellee.

Before SIMPSON, TJOFLAT and HILL, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied May 19, 1980.

SIMPSON, Circuit Judge:

This appeal is from the district court's denial of habeas corpus relief to Joensen, a Florida prisoner presently serving a life sentence pursuant to his May 1953 conviction for murder in the first degree. We affirm.

Notice of appeal from the judgment and sentence was timely filed in August 1953. Thereafter, on November 9, 1953, counsel...

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