JACOBS v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 62595.

450 So.2d 200 (1984)

Eligaah Ardalle JACOBS, Petitioner, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Secretary, Department of Corrections, State of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied June 14, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick D. Doherty of Gross & Doherty, Clearwater, and Robert E. Gerber and Mary Gilmore of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, New York City, for petitioner.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and John W. Tiedemann, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondent.


ADKINS, Justice.

We have before us a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The petitioner is now imprisoned under sentence of death pursuant to judgment and sentence affirmed by this Court in Jacobs v. State, 396 So.2d 1113 (Fla.), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 933, 102 S.Ct. 430, 70 L.Ed.2d 239 (1981). We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(9), Fla. Const.

The petitioner, Jacobs, alleges that he was subject to...

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