Baker v. Wainwright

OWEN, Judge.

Alleging that the state had frustrated his efforts to obtain a direct appeal from a September 7, 1962 conviction of armed robbery, Henry Baker filed in this court his petition for writ of habeas corpus as a means of obtaining delayed appellate review of his conviction. Baggett v. Wainwright, Fla. 1969, 229 So.2d 239; Powe v. State, Fla.1968, 216 So.2d 446. We issued a rule to show cause, the response to which reflected a factual issue as to whether petitioner’s direct appeal had been state frustrated. The commissioner appointed by this court, Circuit Judge Hugh MacMillan, has…