Washington v. Mayo

BUFORD, J.:

On August 10th, 1947, petitioner exhibited in this Court a document which was considered as a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus and thereupon issued the writ.

The petitioner based his claim of right to be discharged . upon our enunciations in Joyner v. State, 158 Fla. 806, So. (2) 304, third headnote.

The return of the Attorney General which sets up the record of the several convictions of petitioner shows that the petitioner was convicted on January 11th, 1926, of a felony in the Circuit Court of Jackson County and sentenced to serve 5 years in the State Prison. After the…