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MITCHELL v. STATE

No. 90-1709.

567 So.2d 1037 (1990)

Rufus E. MITCHELL, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

October 10, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig A. Boudreau, West Palm Beach, for petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Sylvia H. Alonso, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for respondent.

HERSEY, Chief Judge.

We grant the petition for writ of habeas corpus. The issue raised is the ineffective assistance of counsel on petitioner's direct appeal from a conviction for sexual battery.

During trial petitioner contended that the use by Palm Beach County of a special districting process to select jurors resulted in an unconstitutional systematic exclusion of a significant portion of the black population...

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