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LEON v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 83-5609.

734 F.2d 770 (1984)

Jean LEON, # 072574, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Secretary, Dept. of Corrections, State of Florida, William French Smith, Attorney General, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 18, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, Elliot H. Scherker, Asst. Public Defender, 11th Judicial Circuit, Miami, Fla., for petitioner-appellant.

Paul Mendelson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Michael Neimand, Miami, Fla., for respondent-appellee.

Before FAY and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and MARKEY, Chief Judge of the Federal Circuit.

FAY, Circuit Judge:

Jean Leon was convicted of kidnapping and possession of a firearm during commission of a felony. He was sentenced to fifteen years of incarceration. After exhausting his state remedies Leon filed a petition for habeas corpus relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1980). The district judge denied the petition. The only issue on appeal is whether Leon's post-arrest confession should have been suppressed as the product of earlier police threats...

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