REESE v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 78-2345.

600 F.2d 1085 (1979)

Willie George REESE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 6, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dianne Weaver, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (Court-appointed), Marilyn Pardo Liroff, for petitioner-appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Miami, Fla., James H. Greason, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Legal Affairs, Miami, Fla., for respondent-appellee.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, CLARK and VANCE, Circuit Judges.


CHARLES CLARK, Circuit Judge:

The appellant, Willie George Reese, a man plagued for many years with recurring symptoms of serious mental illness, appeals from the dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Reese was convicted in a Florida state court of robbing a finance company, and sentenced to 101 years' imprisonment. His habeas petition challenges the sufficiency of the evidence that...

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