Van Etten v. Cochran
This text of 120 So. 2d 587 (Van Etten v. Cochran) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Supreme Court of Florida primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
It now appearing from the petition for habeas corpus and from the return of the respondent that the petitioner was sentenced to confinement and committed to the custody of the Division of Corrections for a term of six months to 15 years upon his plea of guilty to the charge of breaking and entering with intent to commit a misdemeanor, and that the maximum penalty for such crime is five years in the state prison or county jail, and it being conceded by the respondent that the sentence imposed is excessive,
It is ordered that the petitioner be remanded to the custody of the respondent and that the respondent procure his return to the Circuit Court of Manatee County for the imposition of a new sentence conforming to the provisions of Section 810.05, Florida Statutes 1957, F.S.A.
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