Weeks v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Judge.
The order of the circuit court denying appellant’s petition for writ of habeas corpus should be affirmed.
Criminal Procedure Rule 1 (Chapter 924, Appendix F.S.A.) provides that a habeas corpus petition is not appropriate if the petitioner has failed to exhaust his remedies under Rule 1 or if relief has been denied him under Rule 1, unless, however, his remedy under Rule 1 is inadequate or ineffective for purposes of testing the legality of his detention.
Weeks has previously proceeded under Rule 1 insofar as attacking the adequacy of his counsel. The Third District Court of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Piehl v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1965
- Weeks v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1964
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- Whitney v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1966