COLLINGSWORTH v. MAYO


77 So.2d 843 (1955)

John COLLINGSWORTH, Petitioner, v. Nathan MAYO, as Prison Custodian of the State of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida. Division A.

February 9, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Collingsworth, in pro. per.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and Moie J.L. Tendrich, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.


SEBRING, Justice.

This is a habeas corpus proceeding in which the petitioner challenges the legality of the judgment and sentence under which he is presently imprisoned.

From the petition, the return, and the traverse to the return, it appears that on September 24, 1945, the petitioner was charged, in a two-count information, with breaking and entering an office building with intent to commit grand larceny and with...

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