Legal Opinion
Jones v. Cochran
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided December 7, 1960PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THORNAL, Justice.
By an original application for a writ of habeas corpus petitioner Jones seeks release from the State Prison where he is serving a term for larceny of an automobile.
We must decide whether Jones was denied due process of law account of the failure of the trial judge to appoint a lawyer to represent him at his arraignment when he pleaded guilty to the charge.
The petition impressed us as having prima facie merit. By opinion in Jones v. Cochran, Fla., 121 So.2d 657, we indicated concern over the allegation that petitioner was under seventeen at the time of his trial and,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Gallegos v. NebraskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Foster v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Gibbs v. BurkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Artrip v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1962
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- Dover v. CochranSupreme Court of Florida · 1961
- Garrett v. CochranSupreme Court of Florida · 1961
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