WILLIS v. COCHRAN

No. 30790.

131 So.2d 728 (1961)

Ronald Lee WILLIS, Petitioner, v. H.G. COCHRAN, Jr., Director, Division of Corrections, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

June 28, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald Lee Willis, in pro. per.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and Joe L. McClung, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.


O'CONNELL, Justice.

Ronald Lee Willis petitioned this Court for writ of habeas corpus, maintaining that he was being illegally detained by the respondent pursuant to a conviction in July 1957 for the offenses of escape and of larceny of a truck. Petitioner alleged that at the time such offenses were committed and at the time he was arraigned and plead guilty to such charges he was a minor, never having been married, yet the State failed to comply with the provisions...

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