Legal Opinion
Farrington v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided February 23, 1966No. 34442PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERTS, Justice.
In 1958 the petitioner was indicted in Dade County, Florida for the crime of rape. He entered a plea of not guilty, but later withdrew it. After conferring with counsel he entered a plea of guilty as charged, was adjudged to be guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment. Some five and a half years later, on June 8, 1964, he filed a petition to set aside the judgment under Criminal Procedure Rule I, F.S., Ch. 924 Appendix, and was denied relief by the lower court. ,
Petitioner then appealed to the District Court of Appeal, Third District, which, by per curiam order, 174 So.2d…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Hill v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- United States v. HaymanSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Roy v. WainwrightSupreme Court of Florida · 1963
- Jones v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1964
- Lee v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1965
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3Cited by5 opinions
- The PEOPLE v. PolanskyIllinois Supreme Court · 1968
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- Coleman v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1966
- Perry v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1966