Jones v. Mayo

Michael C. Jones was convicted of armed robbery and sentenced to the State Prison for life. The judgment was affirmed here December 27, 1935, and rehearing denied January 22, 1936. See: Jones v. State, 122 Fla. 307, 165 Sou. Rep. 33. Certiorari denied U. S. Supreme Court, 297 U. S. 71, 56 Sup. Ct. Rep. 596, 80 L. Ed. 1002. In subsequent proceedings by habeas corpus a challenge to the constitutionality of the statute under which Jones had been convicted was rejected, whereupon Jones applied again to the U. S. Supreme Court for certiorari. The attack on the statute was on Federal Constitutional…