PUGH v. WAINWRIGHT

No. T-167.

287 So.2d 730 (1974)

Leon C. PUGH, Appellant, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

January 15, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Ervin, III, Public Defender, and Leon C. Pugh, In Proper Person, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and A.S. Johnston, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


RAWLS, Chief Judge.

Appellant, Leon C. Pugh, challenges his adjudication of guilty for the crime of murder in the second degree and his ensuing sentence of 23 years upon the primary ground that the trial judge failed to advise him, prior to accepting his plea of guilty, of his right to challenge the composition of the grand jury which returned the indictment of first degree murder.

The public defender representing Pugh has filed an Anders brief in which the...

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