Legal Opinion
Rutledge v. City of Miami
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided April 25, 1967No. Civ-CA 67-288PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
ATKINS, District Judge.
The Petitioner, Freddie L. Rutledge, by his petition for writ of habeas corpus seeks immediate relief from the jail sentence of sixty days and the fine of $500 or sixty additional days in jail that was imposed upon him by the Municipal Court in and for the City of Miami, Florida after the petitioner was found guilty of the offense of assault with a gun.
Sentence was imposed after a trial of the cause by the court upon the entry of a plea of not guilty. Because he lacked benefit of counsel, the petitioner did not prosecute…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Maryland v. Baltimore Radio Show, Inc. Et Al.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Clyde Harvey v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
- Julia Mae McDonald v. S. H. Moore, as Sheriff of Madison County, FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
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3Cited by11 opinions
- James M. Goslin, Jr., Sheriff of Caddo Parish v. Willie Lee ThomasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- State Ex Rel. Johnson v. VizziniSupreme Court of Florida · 1969
- Captain Henry Beck, Superintendent of the Pulaski County Penal Farm and Clint Cavin, Surety v. Robert WintersCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969
- Marston v. OliverDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1971
- Winters v. BeckDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1968
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