Legal Opinion

Nicholas v. Wainwright

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided April 24, 1963No. 32308PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

152 So.2d 458 (1963)

Claude Wayne NICHOLAS, Petitioner,

v.

Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Director, Division of Corrections, Respondent.

No. 32308.

Supreme Court of Florida.

April 24, 1963.

Claude Wayne Nicholas, petitioner, in pro. per.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and A.G. Spicola, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

THORNAL, Justice.

An original petition for a writ of habeas corpus questions the legality of petitioner's restraint because of an alleged invalid forfeiture of gain time.

The petition and return present for consideration the construction of applicable statutes governing gain time for state…

2Cases cited1 opinion

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