JONES v. COCHRAN


125 So.2d 99 (1960)

Billie (William) JONES, Petitioner, v. H.G. COCHRAN, Jr., Director, Division of Corrections, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

December 7, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Jones, in pro. per.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and Odis M. Henderson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.


THORNAL, Justice.

By an original application for a writ of habeas corpus petitioner Jones seeks release from the State Prison where he is serving a term for larceny of an automobile.

We must decide whether Jones was denied due process of law account of the failure of the trial judge to appoint a lawyer to represent him at his arraignment when he pleaded guilty to the charge.

The petition impressed us as having prima facie merit. By opinion in Jones...

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