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TORNA v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 79-3140.

649 F.2d 290 (1981)

Jose TORNA, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Secretary, Department of Offender Rehabilitation, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit B

June 29, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geoffrey C. Fleck, Miami, Fla., for petitioner-appellant.

Steven R. Jacob, Asst. Atty. Gen., Miami, Fla., for respondent-appellee.

Before MILLER, Judge, and FRANK M. JOHNSON, Jr. and THOMAS A. CLARK, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Jose R. Torna filed a petition for habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254 attacking a sentence of fifteen years that was imposed by the Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Dade County, Florida. The petitioner is currently in the custody of the defendant Wainwright pursuant to that sentence.

Torna advances several grounds for relief. We decide only one, viz., denial of his right to effective assistance of counsel because...

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