CHAMPLIN v. COCHRAN


125 So.2d 565 (1960)

John D. CHAMPLIN, Petitioner, v. H.G. COCHRAN, Jr., Director Division of Corrections, State of Florida, and John Kirk, as Sheriff of Palm Beach County, Florida, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied January 16, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hal S. Ives (of Ives & Davis), West Palm Beach, for petitioner.

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


THORNAL, Justice.

Petitioner Champlin seeks a writ of habeas corpus to obtain his release from imprisonment in the County jail of Palm Beach County.

We must determine whether the failure of a county solicitor to attach an oath to a information is fatal to a conviction after a plea of not guilty and a trial on the merits.

Champlin was convicted of an offense under the child molester law. He appealed to the Court of Appeal, Second District. The judgment...

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