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WADE v. MAYO

No. 40.

334 U.S. 672 (1948)

68 S.Ct. 1270

92 L.Ed. 1647

WADE v. MAYO, STATE PRISON CUSTODIAN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Resubmitted March 9, 1948.

Decided June 14, 1948.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E.M. Baynes submitted on briefs for petitioner.

J. Tom Watson, Attorney General of Florida, and Sumter Leitner, Assistant Attorney General, submitted on briefs for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE MURPHY delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case centers on two issues: (1) whether it was proper for a federal district court to entertain a habeas corpus petition filed by a state prisoner who, having secured a ruling from the highest state court on his federal constitutional claim, had failed to seek a writ of certiorari in this Court; (2) whether the federal district court correctly held that the...

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