WHITNEY v. FLORIDA

No. 68.

389 U.S. 138 (1967)

WHITNEY v. FLORIDA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 13, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Kanner argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.

James T. Carlisle, Assistant Attorney General of Florida, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Earl Faircloth, Attorney General.


PER CURIAM.

The writ is dismissed as improvidently granted without prejudice to an application for a writ of habeas corpus in the appropriate United States District Court.

MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS, dissenting.

The question presented here is whether Florida has deprived petitioner of equal protection or due process of law by summarily dismissing his collateral attack on a state criminal conviction without conducting an evidentiary hearing. Because of the...

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