JAMES BAKER
v.
THE STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. | 1942-04-29
BROWN, C. J., WHITFIELD, TERRELL, BUFORD, THOMAS and ADAMS, JJ., concur.
150 Fla. 457 Florida Supreme Court (1942)
Also reported at: 7 So. 2d 796

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Synopsis

The Florida Supreme Court denied James Baker's application for a writ of certiorari to review the denial of his request to apply for a writ of error coram nobis. The court found that Baker's contentions had already been decided against him and denied his application to stay execution.


Holding

No, the Florida Supreme Court denied James Baker's application. The court concluded that the issues raised by Baker had already been adjudicated adversely to his position.


Key Quotes

“the matters presented and asserted have each been determined contrary to the views of counsel for the petitioner, and that the law and justice of the cause require that the application for an order staying the execution and judgment previously entered in this cause should be and the same is hereby denied.”

This quote explains the court's reasoning for denying the petitioner's application.

Facts & Procedural History

James Baker sought to apply to the U.S. Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari to review the Florida Supreme Court's denial of his request to seek a w…

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Opinion of the Court
CHAPMAN, J.:

CHAPMAN, J.:

The petitioner, James Baker, represents that he desires to apply to the Supreme Court of the United States for a writ of certiorari for the purpose of reviewing the opinion and judgment of this Court denying an order permitting or allowing him to apply to the Circuit Court of Duval County, Florida, for a writ of error coram nobis, and this Court having duly considered the merits of the several contentions made has reached the conclusion that the matters presented and asserted have each been determined contrary to the views of counsel for the petitioner, and that the law and justice of the cause require that the application for an order staying the execution and judgment previously entered in this cause should be and the same is hereby denied.

It is so ordered.

BROWN, C. J., WHITFIELD, TERRELL, BUFORD, THOMAS and ADAMS, JJ., concur.


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