MAXWELL v. WAINWRIGHT

Nos. 66117, 66129.

490 So.2d 927 (1986)

Chester Levon MAXWELL, Petitioner, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Respondent. Chester Levon MAXWELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied July 21, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven H. Malone, St. Petersburg, for petitioner/appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Richard G. Bartmon and Robert L. Teitler, Asst. Attys. Gen., West Palm Beach, for respondent/appellee.


BOYD, Chief Justice.

Chester Levon Maxwell, a state prisoner under sentence of death,* filed with this Court a petition for habeas corpus challenging the legality of his conviction and sentence. He also filed a motion to set aside judgment and sentence under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. The trial court denied the rule 3.850 motion, and Maxwell appealed the ruling to this Court. In...

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