Legal Opinion
Mott v. Cochran
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided January 20, 1960PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THORNAL, Justice.
By this original proceeding for a writ of habeas corpus the petitioner Mott, seeks release from the State prison.
On August 4, 1959, Mott was adjudged guilty of the separate crimes of forging and uttering a forged check in the amount of thirty dollars. He was sentenced to imprisonment in the State penitentiary for a period of two years. By his petition he contends that under Sections 831.01 and 831.-02, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., as amended by Chapter 59-31, Laws of Florida, 1959, the offenses committed were misdemeanors, rather than felonies, and that his sentence to the State…
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