JOHNSON v. COCHRAN

No. 31418.

139 So.2d 673 (1962)

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

Supreme Court of Florida.

April 5, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry Johnson, petitioner, in pro. per.

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


O'CONNELL, Justice.

In petition for writ of habeas corpus filed with this Court the petitioner, Henry Johnson, contended in effect that he had been erroneously sentenced under § 775.10, F.S.A., as a "fourth offender" when in fact he had only been convicted of a felony on two occasions.

Our rule nisi issued wherein respondent, H.G. Cochran, Jr., Director, Division of Corrections, was directed to show cause why the writ of habeas corpus should not issue...

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