Baxter v. Stack

REED, Chief Judge.

In an original proceeding in this court for a writ of habeas corpus, petitioner charges that he is being detained under a sentence of life imprisonment illegally entered by the Circuit Court in and for Bro-ward County, Florida. He alleges that the circuit court did not have jurisdiction to enter the sentence. Petitioner also claims that the indictment on which he was tried was fatally vague in that it charged that the alleged offense occurred “on or about” a certain date instead of one specific date.

Petitioner’s jurisdictional contention is based on the United States Supreme…