Legal Opinion

Mims v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided March 21, 1972No. P-446PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

ON RULE TO SHOW CAUSE

RAWLS, Judge.

John Wesley Mims in appealing a denial of his 1.850 motion filed verified assignments of error1 which recited, inter alia: “5. . . . and alleged perjured testimony was made by the prosecuting attorney of the court at the defendant’s trial, also other perjured [sic] was knowingly used by the prosecutor in order to receive a verdict of guilty . . . ” The prosecuting attorney responded by filing a verified petition for the issuance of a Rule to Show Cause why John Wesley Mims should not be held in contempt of this court. In reply to the foregoing petition, an…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Bumgarner v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1971
  2. Andersen v. Gerstein ex rel. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1964

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Mims v. WainwrightDistrict Court, M.D. Florida · 1975

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