State ex rel. Drawdy v. Merritt

Supreme Court of Florida July 14, 1923

State ex rel. Drawdy v. Merritt, 86 Fla. 179 (Fla. 1923)

99 So. 235

Ellis, Taylor, Terrell, West, Whitfield, Wihtfield

Opinion of the Court

Ellis, J.

The plaintiff in error was committed to the custody of the Sheriff of Duval County by an order of the County Judge of that County upon a criminal charge. The plaintiff in error applied for a writ of habeas corpus to the Judges of the Circuit Court for Duval County and at the hearing he was remanded to the custody of the sheriff and seeks to reverse the judgment upon writ of error.

The judgment is affirmed upon the authority of State of Florida ex rel., Jack Stillman, Plaintiff in Error v. R. E. Merritt as Sheriff of Duval County, Defendant in Error, this day decided.

Affirmed.

Taylor, C. J., and Wihtfield, West and Terrell, J. J., concur.

070rehearing

*180On Rehearing.

Decision by Division B.

Per Curiam.

On the authority of State ex rel. Stillman v. Merritt, Sheriff, this day filed, the final order herein is affirmed.

Whitfield, J., and West and Terrell, J. J., concur.

Reference

Full Case Name: State of Florida ex rel., G. W. Drawdy, in Error v. R. E. Merritt as Sheriff of Duval County, in Error
Status: Published