Hiram Cazes Parnell v. Louie L. Wainwright

Appellant’s contentions and the facts of this case have been successively refined through the course of his state appeal from a conviction for breaking and entering with intent to commit grand larceny, Parnell v. State, 204 So.2d 910 (Fla.App., 1968), and the State of Florida’s petition for certiorari in the state supreme court, State v. Parnell, 221 So. 2d 129 (Fla., 1969). The contentions reduce themselves to whether the appellant’s wife had been placed under arrest when officers executed a defective search warrant for the proceeds of a burglary. The district court, in an order for hearing…