PETERSON v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 31981.

145 So.2d 857 (1962)

Stanley Howard PETERSON, Petitioner, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Director, Division of Corrections, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

October 24, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley Howard Peterson, in pro. per.

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


THORNAL, Justice.

Petitioner Peterson seeks release from the State Prison under a writ of habeas corpus.

The principal point for consideration is the validity of the judgment of conviction.

Peterson was tried on an information charging that he "did unlawfully and feloniously break and enter a dwelling house, the property of G.F. Siegel, with intent to commit a felony therein, to wit: grand larceny." He pled guilty to the offense charged in the information...

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