MATHIS v. STARR

No. 32193.

152 So.2d 161 (1963)

Robert MATHIS, Appellant, v. Dave STARR, Sheriff of Orange County, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

As Corrected March 13, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Bates, Orlando, for appellant.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and A.G. Spicola, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


ROBERTS, Chief Justice.

Pursuant to a grand jury indictment charging petitioner with the capital crime of rape, petitioner was confined in the Orange County, Florida, jail. While so confined petitioner filed this cause in the form of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the Circuit Court of Orange County alleging he was being deprived of his right to bail and praying for an opportunity to be released from confinement on a reasonable bond. Three days after petitioner...

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