Williams v. State

OWEN, WILLIAM C., Jr., Associate Judge.

In Williams v. State, 351 So.2d 433 (Fla. 4th DCA 1977), this court affirmed appellant’s conviction of sexual battery. Within the respective judicial systems of most civilized countries of the free world, that would have been the end of the matter. Here it was only the end of the first round.

The second round commenced on June 1, 1979, when Williams filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus with the Florida Supreme Court asserting 1) that he had been denied due process because his conviction was based on an unconstitutional statute, 2) that he was denied…