Sterns v. Wainwright

REVISED OPINION ON REHEARING.

THORNAL, Chief Justice.

Our opinion of May 4, 1966 is withdrawn and this revised opinion is substituted in lieu thereof. As addressed to this revised opinion the petition for rehearing is denied.

By application for a writ of habeas corpus petitioner Sterns seeks release from the State Prison.

We must decide whether petitioner’s sentence has been served, thereby justifying his release.

A chronology of events which produced the problem is as follows:

January 3, 1957 — Sarasota County Circuit Court sentenced Sterns to 25 years for robbery.

June 21, 1960 — -Lee County…