Pope v. Mayo

Habeas corpus proceeding by Earl Pope against Nathan Mayo, custodian of Florida State Prison and Florida State Road Department.

Petition denied. Petitioner was tried and convicted on an information charging the larceny of a bull. He was sentenced to serve four years at hard labor in the State Penitentiary. He now seeks relief from that judgment by habeas corpus on the theory that he was denied the benefit of counsel at his trial. He relies on Wade v. Mayo,334 U.S. 672, 68 S.Ct. 1270, 92 L.Ed. ___.

The record shows that petitioner had previously applied for and was granted a writ of habeas…