STATE v. WILLIAMS


87 So.2d 45 (1956)

STATE of Florida ex rel. Philip Van Eeghen, Appellant, v. H.T. WILLIAMS, as Sheriff of Brevard County, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida. Division A.

April 24, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carr & O'Quin, Miami, Shepard & Dykes, Cocoa, and Richard B. Muldrew, Melbourne, for appellant.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and Jos. P. Manners, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


THORNAL, Justice.

Appellant Van Eeghen seeks reversal of an order of the Circuit Judge dismissing a writ of habeas corpus and remanding him to the custody of appellee Sheriff without bail.

The only question before us is whether the evidence presented to the trial judge was sufficient to justify the denial of bail in a capital case.

Appellant Van Eeghen was indicted by a Grand Jury and charged with first degree murder. He petitioned for a writ of habeas...

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