Prater v. Wainwright

Upon petition filed initially in this court by petitioner Harvey Leon Prater, we issued an Order to Show Cause to respondent Wainwright as the official custodian of petitioner who is serving a term of imprisonment in a state road prison, pursuant to a judgment of conviction of a criminal offense after trial in the Manatee County Court of Record.

The petition for the writ alleges facts which, if true, would entitle petitioner to a full appellate review of his conviction by habeas corpus, on the authority of Baggett v. Wainwright.1 Respondent has filed his response to the Order to Show Cause,…