Legal Opinion
Hall v. Florida
District Court, M.D. Florida
Decided June 2, 1975No. 74-526-Civ-J-SPublished
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
CHARLES R. SCOTT, District Judge.
Petitioner, an inmate at Florida State Prison, Starke, Florida, seeks federal *1046habeas, corpus relief pursuant to 28 U.S. C. § 2254.
In 1969, petitioner, along with two others, was tried in the Circuit Court of Duval County, Florida, for the slaying of Sidney Parnell. Parnell’s death occurred during the 1968 robbery of the Ribault Grocery Store in Duval County, Florida. After trial by jury, petitioner was convicted of first degree murder on the theory of felony murder. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. His conviction was affirmed by the District Court…
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