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OWENS v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 82-5692 Non-Argument Calendar.

698 F.2d 1111 (1983)

Paul Eugene OWENS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Secretary, Department of Offender Rehabilitation, State of Florida, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 22, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark P. Bryan, Fed. Public Def., Tampa, Fla., for petitioner-appellant.

Frank Lester Adams, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, Fla., for respondent-appellee.

Before RONEY, VANCE and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Paul Eugene Owens, serving a life sentence for rape of a female child under the age of eleven years in violation of Fla.Stat. Ann. § 794.01 (West 1973) (repealed 1974), appeals from a federal district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Owens challenges (1) the voluntariness of his guilty plea, (2) the effectiveness of his counsel, and (3) the constitutionality of the Florida statute. We affirm.

On August 2, 1973 Owens...

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