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STATE EX REL. COPELAND v. MAYO

87 So.2d 501 (1956)

STATE of Florida ex rel. Charlie COPELAND, Jr., Petitioner, v. Nathan MAYO, Prison Custodian of the State of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida. En Banc.

April 27, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Releford McGriff and Ernest D. Jackson, Sr., Jacksonville, for petitioner.

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

TERRELL, Justice.

July 24, 1953, petitioner was indicted for rape in Duval County. He was tried and convicted September 23, 1953, without recommendation for mercy and was sentenced to death by electrocution. On appeal to the Supreme Court of Florida his conviction was affirmed and mandate transmitted to the Circuit Court December 16, 1954, 76 So.2d 137. Petition for writ of habeas corpus was denied by the Supreme Court of Florida...

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