Legal Opinion
Harper v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided July 10, 1967No. 35454PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
201 So.2d 65 (1967)
Louis B. HARPER, Petitioner,
v.
STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 35454.
Supreme Court of Florida.
July 10, 1967.
Louis B. Harper, pro se.
Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., and Thomas E. Boyle, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.
2Per curiam
Harper seeks release from the State Prison by a petition for habeas corpus and the State has filed a return pursuant to the writ which we issued.
On April 26, 1950, Harper was convicted of armed robbery and sentenced to 30 years by the Marion County Circuit Court. His two privately retained attorneys filed a timely motion for a new trial, but this motion was never…
3Cases cited10 opinions
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4Cited by9 opinions
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