JOHNSON v. MAYO

No. 16834.

256 F.2d 761 (1958)

Oran JOHNSON, Appellant, v. Nathan MAYO, as Custodian of The Florida State Prison, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

June 30, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Larkin, Jacksonville, Fla., for appellant.

Reeves Bowen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before CAMERON, JONES and BROWN, Circuit Judges.


CAMERON, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, Oran Johnson, petitioner below, a prisoner in custody under a State Court sentence, sought in the court below habeas corpus relief therefrom. The District Judge held two hearings on the petition and denied it, granting appellant, however, leave to proceed in forma pauperis, but denying a certificate of probable cause as required by 28 U.S. C.A. § 2253. No application having been made to a member of this Court for a certificate...

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