Legal Opinion
Roy v. Wainwright
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided April 10, 1963No. 32604PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
151 So.2d 825 (1963)
Jetson ROY, Petitioner,
v.
Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Director, Division of Corrections, Respondent.
No. 32604.
Supreme Court of Florida.
April 10, 1963.
Jetson Roy, in Proper Person, for petitioner.
Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and Reeves Bowen, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.
THORNAL, Justice.
By a post-conviction application for a writ of habeas corpus the petitioner seeks release from the State prison because of an alleged denial of assistance of counsel at his trial.
We are called upon to consider a claimed deprivation of due process implicit in the petitioner's conviction.
We have…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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