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CRAIG v. STATE

No. 34101.

179 So.2d 202 (1965)

William Benjamin CRAIG, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

October 13, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard W. Dixon, Tobias Simon, Maurice Rosen, Miami, Jack Greenberg and Leroy D. Clark, New York City, for appellant.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., and George R. Georgieff, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

The appellant Craig was convicted of the crime of rape and sentenced to pay the supreme penalty. The conviction was affirmed on direct appeal. Craig v. State, Fla., 168 So.2d 747.

Craig filed in the trial court a "Motion for reduction of sentence from death to life." Allegedly, he moved under Section 921.24, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., which authorizes the correction of an illegal sentence in a criminal case. By...

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