HILL v. STATE

No. 83-477.

434 So.2d 974 (1983)

Verdell HILL, Jr., Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

June 23, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Verdell Hill, Jr., pro se.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Margene A. Roper, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for respondent.


ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

DAUKSCH, Judge.

This matter is before us upon a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus. The petitioner alleges he is being held unlawfully because he is serving a sentence greater than the law allows. He says the trial court was duty-bound to sentence him under the Florida Youthful Offender Act, Chapter 958, Florida Statutes. The state maintains he is not entitled to such special sentencing treatment because the Youthful...

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