Legal Opinion

Paxton v. Wainwright

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided May 26, 1977No. FF-494Published

1Opinion of the Court

RAWLS, Judge.

By petition for writ of habeas corpus, Paxton seeks a belated appeal from his 1974 convictions of robbery and resisting an officer with violence. Petitioner refers us to this court’s opinion in Paxton v. State, 304 So.2d 485 (Fla. 1st DCA 1974), and alleges that this court affirmed his convictions without reaching the merits of his appeal because no assignments of error were filed therein.

In considering the instant petition, we have re-examined the original file in Paxton v. State, supra, and glean therefrom that on December 28, 1973, a four-count information was filed against…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1975
  2. Ross v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1976
  3. Paxton v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1974

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