Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Elmo Kitts
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided March 23, 1933PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDavis, C. J.
In this case the Attorney General, representing the respondent, Miller Davidson, as Superintendent of the Florida Industrial School for boys, concedes that the petitioner is being illegally detained in the custody of the said respondent superintendent, under an alleged commitment issued by the Juvenile Court of Hillsborough County, Florida, which commitment is asserted to constitute no lawful warrant or authority for the detention complained of.
The commitment complained of in this case was based on an affidavit filed under Section 3686, C. G. L., 2321 R. G. S., which section in terms says:…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State ex rel. Johnson v. QuiggSupreme Court of Florida · 1922
3Cited by10 opinions
- Pee v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1959
- State v. SteinhauerSupreme Court of Florida · 1968
- Maxie Leroy Pee v. United States of America, James E. Curtis v. United States of America, Leroy S. Johnson v. United States of America, Gordon A. Magruder v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1959
- Gulf Coast Title Co. v. WaltersSupreme Court of Florida · 1936
- In the Interest of T. W. P.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1966
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