ADDISON v. WAINWRIGHT

No. Y-514.

316 So.2d 603 (1975)

Dewitt ADDISON, Petitioner, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Director, Division of Corrections, Tallahassee Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied October 8, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dewitt Addison, in pro per.

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


McCORD, Judge.

By his petition for writ of habeas corpus, petitioner seeks a belated appeal pursuant to Baggett v. Wainwright, Fla., 229 So.2d 239 (1969). Petitioner was tried by jury on a charge of first degree murder and was found guilty with a recommendation of mercy on June 2, 1962. He was subsequently sentenced to life imprisonment on June 18, 1962. The basis for the petition for writ of habeas corpus is contained in...

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