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JOHNSON v. CABANA

No. 85-4646.

805 F.2d 579 (1986)

Hosey JOHNSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Donald A. CABANA and the Attorney General of the State of Mississippi, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 11, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Smith, Biloxi, Miss. (Court-appointed), for petitioner-appellant.

Hosey B. Johnson, pro se.

Harold H. Brittain, Asst. Atty. Gen., Bill Allain, Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for respondents-appellees.

Before WISDOM, DAVIS and JONES, Circuit Judges.

W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

The petitioner appeals the denial of his writ for habeas corpus alleging that he received ineffective assistance of counsel. We affirm.

I.

On March 26, 1980, at approximately 6:50 p.m., L.H. Case arrived with his wife at the Kim K Apartments in Gulfport, Mississippi, to pick up a friend. While Mrs. Case went into the apartment complex to get their friend, Mr. Case remained...

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