Legal Opinion

Watkins v. Morris

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided October 27, 1965No. 34655PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

179 So.2d 348 (1965)

Thomas E. WATKINS, Petitioner,

v.

John MORRIS, Warden, Hillsborough County Prison Camp, Respondent.

No. 34655.

Supreme Court of Florida.

October 27, 1965.

Thomas E. Watkins, in pro. per.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., and John S. Burton, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

THORNAL, Chief Justice.

By petition for a writ of habeas corpus Watkins seeks release from the Hillsborough County Prison.

By an affidavit complaint filed in the Hillsborough County Traffic Court, Watkins was charged in three counts with the offenses of:(1) Driving while intoxicated, condemned by Section 317.201,…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Clyde Harvey v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
  2. Fish v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1964

3Cited by25 opinions

  1. William Napoleon Boyer v. City of OrlandoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
  2. State Ex Rel. Argersinger v. HamlinSupreme Court of Florida · 1970
  3. Bramlett v. PetersonDistrict Court, M.D. Florida · 1969
  4. Brinson v. State of Florida, County of DadeDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 1967
  5. Efrain Rivera Colon v. E. A. "Doug" Hendry, Sheriff, Collier CountyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969

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