PURKHISER v. WAINWRIGHT

Civ. No. 71-696.

338 F.Supp. 369 (1971)

James Dale PURKHISER, Petitioner, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Director, Division of Corrections, Respondent.

United States District Court, S. D. Florida, Miami Division.

June 24, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Musgrove, Asst. Atty. Gen., Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Bureau of Corrections, Tallahassee, Fla., for respondent.

James Dale Purkhiser, in pro. per.


ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

EATON, District Judge.

James Dale Purkhiser has filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus seeking release from Florida State Prison where he is presently serving a 42 year and 2 month sentence imposed on July 3, 1968 in the Circuit Court of the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida for second degree murder. [Petitioner was originally convicted of first degree murder but this conviction was reversed by the...

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