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THOMAS v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 68526.

486 So.2d 574 (1986)

Daniel Morris THOMAS, Petitioner, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections, and R.L. Duggar, Superintendent of Florida State Prison, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

April 7, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry Helm Spalding, Capital Collateral Representative and Michael A. Mello, Asst. Capital Collateral Representative, Office of the Capital Collateral Representative, Tallahassee, Douglas N. Duncan of Foley, Colton and Duncan, and Robert E. Adler of Adler and Murrell, West Palm Beach, for petitioner.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Theda R. James, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for respondents.

BOYD, Chief Justice.

Daniel Morris Thomas, a state prisoner under sentence of death, petitions the Court for a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that his imprisonment and sentence pursuant to the judgment of a court of the State of Florida are illegal. He seeks a stay of the scheduled execution of sentence. Thomas was accused, tried, convicted, and sentenced according to law. His conviction and sentence were affirmed on appeal. The burden is on him to establish...

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