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COLEMAN v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 46779.

323 So.2d 581 (1975)

Sammy Lee COLEMAN, Petitioner, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Director, Division of Corrections, Etc., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

December 10, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sammy Lee Coleman, in pro per.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Wallace E. Allbritton, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

OVERTON, Justice.

Petitioning prisoner, by habeas corpus, seeks recalculation of his release date. The respondent has filed a return. The subject matter of his cause is properly in mandamus, and we will treat this petition as seeking the appropriate mandamus relief.1

This petitioner was the subject of numerous criminal proceedings. Their chronology is as follows:

(1) In May, 1960, the petitioner was sentenced by the Broward...

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