Legal Opinion

Wright v. Mayo

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided January 6, 1956Published

1Opinion of the Court

HOBSON, Justice.

Petitioner in this habeas corpus proceeding alleges that the sentences which he is serving were improperly entered. On October 16, 1930, he was adjudged guilty, in thirteen separate cases, of breaking and entering a building with intent to commit a felony. These cases were numbered 497, 498, 499, 501, 502, 505, 506, 508, 509, 511, 513, 522 and 523. In each case he was sentenced to three years of imprisonment. In the first case, number 497, petitioner was sentenced to be “confined in the said state penitentiary at hard labor for the period of three years, from the date of your…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Wallace v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1899
  2. Lake v. McClellandSupreme Court of Florida · 1931
  3. Gillman v. ChapmanSupreme Court of Florida · 1942
  4. Scott v. BraySupreme Court of Florida · 1942

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