Legal Opinion
Westberry v. Keith
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 11, 1970No. 29919PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Per curiam
Appellant was convicted of “failure to yield the right away (sic)” in the Metropolitan Court for Dade County, Florida, and sentenced to a $250.00 fine and revocation of her Florida driver’s license for one year. After paying the fine and surrendering her driver’s license to the Clerk of Court, appellant sought relief by petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida by claiming that she was not informed of her right to be represented by counsel. The petition was dismissed by the district court for want of jurisdiction on the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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3Cited by39 opinions
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