WAITERS v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 71-93.

249 So.2d 734 (1971)

Tommy Lee WAITERS, Petitioner, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Etc., Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

July 2, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tommy Lee Waiters, pro se.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Warren H. Petersen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lakeland, for respondent.


MANN, Judge.

Waiters' sworn petition alleged that the trial judge did not advise him of his right to appeal and that the public defender failed after request to take an appeal. This court appointed the Honorable John D. Justice, Circuit Judge of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, as Commissioner to determine whether Waiters had been deprived of his right to review through action or neglect of the state's agents. At some expense to the taxpayers of Florida, Waiters was...

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