Legal Opinion
Carnley v. Cochran
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided March 11, 1960PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
118 So.2d 629 (1960)
J.D. CARNLEY, Petitioner,
v.
H.G. COCHRAN, Jr., Director, Division of Corrections, State of Florida, Respondent.
Supreme Court of Florida.
March 11, 1960.
J.D. Carnley in pro. per.
Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and B. Clarke Nichols, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.
THORNAL, Justice.
Carnley, having been convicted on four counts of forgery, seeks release from the State Prison on a writ of habeas corpus.
We must pass on the validity of petitioner's sentence.
On June 30, 1958, Carnley was convicted on charges of forging four bank checks. The forged checks varied in amounts from $10…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- State v. MulcareWashington Supreme Court · 1937
- State ex rel. Kelly v. WolferSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1912
- Burns v. the PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1956
- State Ex Rel. Shargaa v. CulverSupreme Court of Florida · 1959
3Cited by3 opinions
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