Legal Opinion

Foxworth v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided September 20, 1972No. 42012PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

267 So.2d 647 (1972)

William FOXWORTH, Petitioner,

v.

STATE of Florida, Respondent.

No. 42012.

Supreme Court of Florida.

September 20, 1972.

Rehearing Denied November 9, 1972.

Thomas C. MacDonald, Jr., of Shackleford, Farrior, Stallings & Evans, Tampa, for petitioner.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen. and Raymond L. Marky, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

ADKINS, Justice.

By mandate of the United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, we are required to review the conviction of William Foxworth which occurred on December 5, 1944, more than 27 years ago. Habeas corpus is the proper vehicle for a full…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Thiel v. Southern Pacific Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
  2. Avery v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  3. Cassell v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
  4. Edward Morgan MacKenna v. O. B. Ellis, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
  5. Eddie Odom v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. William Foxworth v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
  2. Meeks v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1980
  3. Hall v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1981
  4. Wright v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1981
  5. Hall v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1981

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