Legal Opinion
House v. Mayo
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided December 9, 1948No. Civil Action No. 1496-JPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DE VANE, District Judge.
Petitioner, Albert House, seeks release from the Florida State Prison where he is confined by authority of a commitment from the Criminal Court of Record of Hills-borough County, Florida. He claims that the judgment of conviction is void because he had already served the sentence prior to its imposition. He also claims double jeopardy in that the information charged him with the possession of burglary tools while in another information (Case 259) he was convicted- of burglary.
In 1925 petitioner pleaded guilty to four Informations filed against him in the Criminal Court…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Ex Parte HawkSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Gildrie v. State of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 1927
- House v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1937
- Pope v. HuffCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1941
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3Cited by3 opinions
- United States v. Chiarella. United States Ex Rel. Chiarella v. LunneyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1954
- Ex parte SamsSupreme Court of Florida · 1953
- United States v. Chiarella. United States Ex Rel. Chiarella v. LunneyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1954