BAXTER v. STACK

No. 72-1078.

270 So.2d 419 (1972)

John Alvin BAXTER, Petitioner, v. Edward STACK, Sheriff, As Custodian of Broward County Jail, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

December 12, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ray Sandstrom of Sandstrom & Hodge, Fort Lauderdale, for petitioner.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.


REED, Chief Judge.

In an original proceeding in this court for a writ of habeas corpus, petitioner charges that he is being detained under a sentence of life imprisonment illegally entered by the Circuit Court in and for Broward County, Florida. He alleges that the circuit court did not have jurisdiction to enter the sentence. Petitioner also claims that the indictment on which he was tried was fatally vague in that it charged that the alleged offense occurred "on...

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