Legal Opinion
Allison v. Baker
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided January 5, 1943PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHAPMAN, J.:
On July 27, 1942, Stafford Allison presented his petition for a writ of habeas corpus to the Honorable Harry N. Sandler, then an acting judge of the Circuit Court of Palm Beach County, Florida. The petitioner alleged that he was being unlawfully deprived of his liberties by the Sheriff of Palm Beach County under an indictment then pending against him charging the crime of murder in the first degree; that the petitioner was innocent of the charge, and his unlawful detention consisted largely of a denial of the right to bail because the proof against him was not evident, nor the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Ex parte HatcherSupreme Court of Florida · 1923
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