PETERSEN v. MAYO


65 So.2d 48 (1953)

PETERSEN v. MAYO, Prison Custodian.

Supreme Court of Florida, en Banc.

Rehearing Denied June 2, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Tom Watson, Lakeland, for petitioner.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and Bart L. Cohen, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.


MATHEWS, Justice.

This is a habeas corpus proceeding growing out of the conviction of the petitioner under the provisions of F.S. § 836.05, F.S.A.

The petitioner questions the sufficiency of the information and of the proof. Defects in an information are not subject to attack in a habeas corpus proceeding unless the defects are of such magnitude that the information utterly fails to charge any crime or offense under the laws of the State of Florida. See...

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