JOHN PHILEMON LUKE II, PETITIONER-APPELLANT,
v.
LOUIE L. WAINWRIGHT, DIRECTOR, DIVISION OF CORRECTIONS, STATE OF FLORIDA, RESPONDENT-APPELLEE; JOHN FRANCIS HENRY, A/K/A CHICO HENRY, PETITIONER-APPELLANT, V. LOUIE L. WAINWRIGHT, DIRECTOR, DIVISION OF CORRECTIONS, STATE OF FLORIDA, RESPONDENT-APPELLEE
JOHN PHILEMON LUKE II, PETITIONER-APPELLANT,
LOUIE L. WAINWRIGHT, DIRECTOR, DIVISION OF CORRECTIONS, STATE OF FLORIDA, RESPONDENT-APPELLEE; JOHN FRANCIS HENRY, A/K/A CHICO HENRY, PETITIONER-APPELLANT, V. LOUIE L. WAINWRIGHT, DIRECTOR, DIVISION OF CORRECTIONS, STATE OF FLORIDA, RESPONDENT-APPELLEE
431 F.2d 485
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (1970)
Positive Treatment
Cited by 4 cases
Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM:
The sole issue on this appeal from the denial of petition for habeas corpus is whether the comments of the prosecutor in closing argument to the jury in the state trial constituted comment upon the failure of appellants to take the stand and testify in their own behalf.
We agree with the district court, after a study of the remarks in question, that the jury could not have interpreted them as commentary on the failure of the appellants to take the stand, and therefore affirm. Garcia v. United States, 5th Cir. 1963, 315 F. 2d 133; Samuels v. United States, 5th Cir. 1968, 398 F. 2d 964; Williams v. Wainwright, 5th Cir. 1969, 416 F. 2d 1042; Parks v. Wainwright, 5th Cir. 1970, 429 F. 2d 1240.
Affirmed.
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Citator
Cited By
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State v. Bolton, 383 So. 2d 924 (Fla. 2d DCA 1980)
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United States v. White, 444 F.2d 1274 (5th Cir. 1971)
Authorities Cited
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- Samuels v. United States, 398 F.2d 964 (5th Cir. 1968)
- Ulfrano Garcia v. United States, 315 F.2d 133 (5th Cir. 1963)
- Parks v. Louie L. Wainwright, 429 F.2d 1240 (5th Cir. 1970)
- Williams v. Louie L. Wainwright, 416 F.2d 1042 (5th Cir. 1969)