Bacom v. Sullivan, Sheriff

STRUM, Circuit Judge.

After a protracted and devious journey through the courts, appellant, as a petitioner in habeas corpus, is here renewing his oft asserted contention that in a Florida state court he was twice placed in jeopardy for the same offense, and thus denied due process and equal protection, contrary to the Fourteenth Amendment.

On the last appeal, Bacom v. Sullivan, 5 Cir., 194 F.2d 166, where the past history of the case is fully set out, we remanded the cause for consideration on the merits. After hearing petitioner, the district judge discharged the writ and remanded petitioner…