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Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1971

Lawson v. State

Lawson v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided October 14, 1971 · Carroll, Donald, Spector, Wigginton
253 So. 2d 271; 1971 Fla. App. LEXIS 5863 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Lawson v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Petition for writ of habeas corpus raising the claim of ineffective assistance of counsel by virtue of the joint representation of petitioner and his codefendants by the same attorney at trial is dismissed on authority of Gardner v. Wainwright, 433 F.2d 137 (5th Cir. 1970), and Belton v. *272State, Fla., 217 So.2d 97, cert. den. 395 U.S. 915, 89 S.Ct. 1764, 23 L.Ed.2d 229.

SPECTOR, C. J., and CARROLL, DONALD K., and WIGGINTON, JJ., concur.

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