Legal Opinion

Goff v. Rickerson

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided January 15, 1911PublishedCited by 6 opinions

This case was decided by Division A. Writ of error to the Criminal Court of Record for Suwannee County. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Per curiam

The plaintiff in error was convicted of a felony in the Criminal Court of Record for Suwannee County, Florida, and the judgment was affirmed. 60 *30Fla., 13, 53 South. Rep., 327. Subsequently, he instituted habeas corpus proceedings in the Circuit Court for Suwannee County to test the validity of Chapter 5771, Acts of 1907, entitled “An Act to Establish a Criminal Court of Record in Suwannee County, State of Florida,” in which court he was convicted. On being remanded by the court the petitioner took writ of error. The validity of the act was sustained in Rushton v. State, 58 Fla., 94, 50 South.…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. West v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1905
  2. Rushton v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1909
  3. Goff v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1910

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. State v. BetheaSupreme Court of Florida · 1911
  2. State ex rel. Cheyney v. SammonsSupreme Court of Florida · 1911
  3. Volusia County v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1929
  4. State v. SmartWyoming Supreme Court · 1913
  5. Ex Parte SewardSupreme Court of Missouri · 1923

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