Legal Opinion
Brooks v. Florida
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 18, 1967No. 14 MPublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Per curiam
Petitioner, Bennie Brooks, was convicted of participating in a riot in the Florida prison where he was an inmate and was sentenced to a term of nine years and eight months to run consecutively with the sentence he was already serving. His conviction was affirmed without opinion by the Florida District Court of Appeal, First District, and his petition for writ of certiorari filed in the Florida Supreme Court was dismissed, also without opinión.
The disturbance in the prison occurred on May 27, 1965. The same day Brooks was ordered confined in a punishment cell for 35 days with two other…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Spano v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Brown v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Chambers v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Clewis v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
3Cited by63 opinions
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