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STATE EX REL. SIMPSON v. MAYO

95 So.2d 424 (1957)

STATE of Florida ex rel. Morgan Simpson, Petitioner, v. Nathan MAYO, as Custodian of The Florida State Prison, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida, Special Division B.

May 22, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morgan Simpson, petitioner, in pro. per.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and George R. Georgieff, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

ROBERTS, Justice.

This is an application for the writ of habeas corpus, in which petitioner alleged that he was convicted of robbery upon the false and perjured testimony of an accomplice, and that such testimony was induced by the threats and promises of reward made to the witness by the Honorable Clifton M. Kelly, County Solicitor, knowing such testimony to be false. The affidavit of the witness in question, Amos Pierce...

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