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Wainwright, Corrections Director v. Cappetta
396 U.S. 846·Supreme Court of the United States·1969
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Opinion
No. 91.
Wainwright, Corrections Director v. Cappetta.
Earl Fair cloth, Attorney-General of Florida, and Raymond L. Marky, Assistant Attorney General, for petitioner. Robert G. Petree for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
C. A. 5th Cir. Motions of respondent for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and for leave to file a pro se brief in opposition to petition for writ of certiorari granted. Certiorari denied.