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HARRIS v. OLIVER

No. 80-7240.

645 F.2d 327 (1981)

Johnny HARRIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Joseph OLIVER, Warden of the Holman Unit Prison et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit B.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied June 23, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allison, Soreff & Garber, Eleanore M. Garber, William H. Allison, Louisville, Ky., H. Diana Hicks, c/o Michael Avery, Boston, Mass., W. Clinton Brown, Decatur, Ala., for plaintiff-appellant.

Joseph G. L. Marston, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Montgomery, Ala., for defendants-appellees.

Before TJOFLAT, FAY and VANCE, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied June 23, 1981.

VANCE, Circuit Judge:

On pleas of guilty petitioner was convicted in the state courts of Alabama in 1971 of four counts of robbery and one of rape. He received five consecutive life sentences. At the time of his conviction each of the charges carried a maximum penalty of death. Petitioner was represented by two court-appointed attorneys who cooperated in the handling of all five cases. The sentences were...

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