Lawson v. State

WALDEN, Judge.

Having considered the merits, we deny the Petition for Writ of Certiorari. It sought a review of certain orders of the Circuit Court.

By way of essential background, defendant was jailed pursuant to a judgment and sentence entered in Orlando Municipal Court. In 1970 he escaped. Thereafter he plead guilty to common law escape, a misdemeanor, and in 1971 was sentenced to the maximum imprisonment authorized by law. In 1972 the U.S. Supreme Court decided Argersinger v. Hamlin, 407 U.S. 25, 92 S.Ct. 2006, 32 L.Ed.2d 530 (1972). Defendant obtained a reversal of his original judgment…