Legal Opinion
Norwood v. Mayo
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided July 23, 1954PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
74 So.2d 370 (1954)
NORWOOD
v.
MAYO, State Prison Custodian.
Supreme Court of Florida. Division B.
July 23, 1954.
Rehearing Denied September 21, 1954.
J.C. Adkins, Jr., Gainesville, for petitioner.
Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and Reeves Bowen, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.
HOBSON, Justice.
This is a case of original jurisdiction, upon petition for habeas corpus filed by Burl Norwood. We have issued the writ, to which a return has now been filed by respondent.
From the facts made out by the petition and return, Norwood was committed to respondent's custody on October 9, 1924, to serve a five year…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- King v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1901
- United States v. CarpenterCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1907
- Bueno v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1898
- State v. KlugherzSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1904
- Lindsey v. MayoSupreme Court of Florida · 1943
3Cited by10 opinions
- Jenkins v. WainwrightSupreme Court of Florida · 1975
- Estevez v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1975
- Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1978
- De La Cova v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1978
- Watkins v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2002
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