RELIFORD v. STATE

No. 70-182.

241 So.2d 871 (1970)

Duncan RELIFORD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

December 11, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter R. Talley, Public Defender, and Edwin T. Mulock, Asst. Public Defender, Bradenton, for appellant.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Warren H. Petersen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lakeland, for appellee.


PIERCE, Judge.

Appellant Duncan Reliford appeals to this Court from an order entered by the Lee County Circuit Court denying his motion for discharge and to vacate sentence brought under Rule 1.850, Rules of Criminal Procedure, 33 F.S.A.

As grounds for his motion for discharge, Reliford contends (1) that his "constitutional rights were violated" in that "colored people were systematically excluded from the grand jury rolls", (2) he did not receive a fair trial...

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