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CANTO v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 72-605.

271 So.2d 224 (1972)

Benny CANTO, 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.

Rehearing Denied January 24, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benny Canto, in pro. per.

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

PIERCE, Chief Judge.

In this case petitioner Benny Canto, on July 10, 1972, filed petition for writ of habeas corpus, seeking his discharge from custody while serving a sentence in the State Prison of fifteen years imposed upon him in July, 1955, by the Hillsborough County Criminal Court of Record. We issued the rule, returnable before our 2nd District Court for the reason that more than fifteen years had elapsed between imposition of sentence and filing of the habeas...

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