BROOKINS v. STATE

No. 64-477.

174 So.2d 578 (1965)

James Douglas BROOKINS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District.

May 4, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Douglas Brookins, in pro. per.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., and Arden Siegendorf, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before BARKDULL, C.J., and HENDRY and SWANN, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

In the instant case, the appellant was tried and convicted of second degree murder pursuant to a jury verdict, for which he was sentenced to 20 years in the State Penitentiary. No appeal was taken from that conviction and sentence, but the instant appeal is taken from a summary denial of a petition for writ of habeas corpus which the trial court treated as a petition to vacate, pursuant to Criminal Procedure Rule 1, F.S.A. ch. 924 Appendix.

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