Legal Opinion
Freeman v. Blackburn
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided January 23, 1957PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRELL, Chief Justice.
August 20, 1946, appellant was tried and convicted of “murder, first degree,” in the Circuit Court of Randolph County, Alabama. Punishment of life imprisonment in the Alabama penitentiary was imposed wherein he was confined August 29, 1946, and from which he escaped April 10, 1953. He was at large until February 1956, when he was apprehended and taken in custody at Haines City, Florida. He was placed in jail at Tampa, Hillsborough County, where he is still held in custody by appel-lee as Sheriff of Hillsborough County.
March 6, 1956, Honorable James Folsom, Governor of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Perkins v. HaywardIndiana Supreme Court · 1892
- State Ex Rel. Wilson v. QuiggSupreme Court of Florida · 1944
- Wright v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1893
- State Ex Rel. Brister v. BristerSupreme Court of Florida · 1947
- Kern v. Washtenaw Circuit JudgeMichigan Supreme Court · 1925
3Cited by5 opinions
- Pecnik v. BlackburnDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1961
- Applestein v. AlberringDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1974
- Griffith v. State ex rel. CrownoverDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1963
- Brown v. PurdyDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1969
- State v. WheatonDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1987