SNELL v. MAYO


84 So.2d 581 (1956)

Richard Harry SNELL, Appellant, v. Nathan MAYO, as Prison Custodian of the State of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida. Division A.

January 6, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Welch, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and Jack A. Sudduth, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


THORNAL, Justice.

Appellant seeks reversal of an order of the Circuit Judge dismissing a writ of habeas corpus and remanding him to the custody of appellee as prison custodian.

Pursuant to his plea of guilty, appellant was on September 5, 1951, adjudged guilty and by the Judge of the Criminal Court of Record of Broward County sentenced to five years imprisonment in the state prison for theft of an automobile.

On November 9, 1954, while in prison, appellant...

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