SELLERS v. MAYO


53 So.2d 642 (1951)

SELLERS v. MAYO, Prison Custodian.

Supreme Court of Florida, Division A.

July 13, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ray Sellers, petitioner, in proper person.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and Reeves Bowen, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.


HOBSON, Justice.

Upon petition filed by Ray Sellers we issued a writ of habeas corpus to which the respondent filed a return. Thereafter the petitioner filed a traverse and the cause is now ready for disposition. This is a case of original jurisdiction.

The questions to be determined present no factual disputes and are therefore purely legal.

Petitioner contends, and respondent virtually admits, that the petitioner is illegally confined in the State...

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