Legal Opinion

Dawson v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided May 28, 1969No. 68-456PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOBSON, Acting Chief Judge.

This is a consolidated appeal from an order summarily denying without an evi-dentiary hearing appellant’s motion for postconviction relief under Rule 1.850, F.R.Cr.P. 33 F.S.A.

Appellant was indicted for two offenses of murder in the first degree. He entered a plea of guilty to the lesser included offense of murder in the second degree in each instance. The only point relied on by appellant in his brief is the contention that the guilty pleas were coerced. The record conclusively shows that the pleas of guilty were voluntarily made. The court and the Assistant…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Haywood v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1969
  2. Young v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1968
  3. Moore v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1968

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Hooper v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1970
  2. David Edward Dawson v. L. L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections, State of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
  3. David Edward Dawson v. L. L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections, State of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971

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