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EVANS v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 71-208.

252 So.2d 404 (1971)

Jessie Breland EVANS, Jr., Petitioner, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Director, Division of Corrections, State of Florida, Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

September 17, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Hanlon, Tampa, for petitioner.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and P.A. Pacyna, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for respondent.

PIERCE, Chief Judge.

The petitioner herein, Jessie Breland Evans, Jr., on March 25, 1971, filed petition for writ of habeas corpus alleging he was being unlawfully detained and deprived of his freedom, and asking that he be released. On April 8, 1971, this Court issued its rule to show cause, directing his custodian, respondent Louis L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections, State of Florida, to show cause why petitioner Evans was being so held in custody...

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