DIXON v. COCHRAN

No. 31537.

142 So.2d 5 (1962)

Jimmy Jasper DIXON, Petitioner, v. H.G. COCHRAN, Jr., Director, Division of Corrections, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

June 1, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jimmy Jasper Dixon, in pro. per., for petitioner.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and Bruce R. Jacob, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.


PER CURIAM.

It appearing that at the time the petitioner plead guilty and was sentenced in January 1962 for an offense committed in March 1961, he had been adjudged incompetent in April 1960, and the record containing no evidence to overcome the presumption that petitioner's insanity continued at the time of commission of the alleged crime and the imposition of sentence.

It is the order of this court that the judgment and sentence attacked be vacated, "the...

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