HOOPER v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 4904.

168 So.2d 769 (1964)

Robert L. HOOPER, Petitioner, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Director, Division of Corrections, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Second District.

November 20, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kingswood Sprott, Jr., Asst. Public Defender, Lake Wales, for petitioner.

James W. Kynes, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Robert R. Crittenden, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lakeland, for respondent.


ALLEN, Judge.

This cause occurs upon a petition for writ of habeas corpus filed by petitioner after this court was prohibited from entertaining an appeal from a conviction and sentence under which petitioner is presently incarcerated. State ex rel. Ervin v. Smith, Fla. 1964, 160 So.2d 518. Upon receipt of the petition we issued the writ and a return thereto was filed, denying or disclaiming knowledge of the facts alleged in the...

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