JOHNSON v. COCHRAN

No. 30024.

133 So.2d 65 (1961)

Alan D. JOHNSON, Petitioner, v. H.G. COCHRAN, Jr., Director, Division of Corrections, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

September 22, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan D. Johnson, pro. per.

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


THORNAL, Justice.

By petition for a writ of habeas corpus, Johnson seeks release from imprisonment in the State prison.

To dispose of the matter we must consider the validity of the sentence which petitioner is currently serving.

By the information it was charged that Johnson "did willfully and carelessly set fire to, or cause fire to be set to forest woods in wild land in Seminole County, Florida, not owned or controlled by Alan D. Johnson."

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