Lawson v. State

Full title: JEFF LAWSON, PETITIONER, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, RESPONDENT

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District

Date published: Oct 14, 1971

253 So. 2d 271 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1971)

Opinion

No. Q-89.

October 14, 1971.

A Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus — Original Jurisdiction.

Jeff Lawson, in pro. per.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., for respondent.

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. State, 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.