COTTLE v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 72-1673.

477 F.2d 269 (1973)

Ernest Jackson COTTLE, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Director, Division of Corrections, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 23, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Wallace E. Allbritton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Fla., for respondent-appellant.

Morton A. Kesler, Jacksonville, Fla., court appointed, for petitioner-appellee.

Before TUTTLE, WISDOM and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.


TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:

Ernest Jackson Cottle, appellee herein, was convicted of robbery in the Duval County Criminal Court of Record and on September 14, 1956, was sentenced to serve a term of twelve years in the state penitentiary. He was released on parole on November 28, 1961, and thereafter conducted himself in a manner which the Florida Parole Commission found unobjectionable until April 29, 1968 when he was convicted in the Recorder's Court of New Hanover, North...

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