Hazen v. Mayo

90 So.2d 123 (1956)

John Adelbert HAZEN, Petitioner,

v.

Nathan MAYO, as Prison Custodian of the State of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida. Special Division B.

October 24, 1956.

John Adelbert Hazen, pro se, for petitioner.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and George R. Georgieff, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

ROBERTS, Justice.

The petitioner is imprisoned in the state prison on a charge and conviction of uttering a forged instrument. The judgment was entered after petitioner had admitted the facts forming the basis for the charge against him and had pleaded guilty to the charge. By a…