Scott v. Mayo

Decision Date09 December 1947
PartiesSCOTT v. MAYO.
CourtFlorida Supreme Court

Emory Lee Scott, in pro. per.

J. Tom Watson, Atty. Gen., and Reeves Bowen, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

BUFORD, Justice.

On petition for writ of habeas corpus we issued writ and return has come in.

The record now shows that petitioner on August 3, 1942 was informed against as having been four times convicted of offenses constituting felonies. It is shown that convictions of two of the felonies occurred on the same day, viz: October 28, 1931. Therefore, one only of these two convictions could be counted in arriving at the number of convictions which had been had of the petitioner. See Joyner v. State, Fla., 30 So.2d 304. So the petitioner at the time of the conviction under which he is now serving was not amenable to the charge of having been four times theretofore convicted of felonies. However, the record does show that he had twice theretofore been convicted of felonies and was amenable to punishment within the purview of Sec. 775.09, Fla. Statutes 1941, same F.S.A.

Therefore, we do not discharge the petitioner but, under the provisions of Sec. 924.34, Fla. Statutes 1941, same F.S.A., remand him to the custody of respondent with directions that petitioner be presented to the Criminal Court of Record of Polk County Florida, for judgment and sentence as is provided in Sec. 775.09, supra, which said offense is included within the offense charged in the information under which petitioner was convicted.

Remanded with directions.

So ordered.

THOMAS, C. J., and ADAMS and BARNS, JJ., concur.

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  • Hayes v. State
    • United States
    • Florida District Court of Appeals
    • October 8, 1991
    ...72 So.2d 382 (Fla.1954); Mayo v. State ex rel. Murray, 66 So.2d 256 (Fla.1953); Reed v. Mayo, 61 So.2d 757 (Fla.1952); Scott v. Mayo, 159 Fla. 816, 32 So.2d 821 (1947); Joyner v. State, 158 Fla. 806, 30 So.2d 304 (1947). The recent decision of Barnes v. State, 576 So.2d 758 (Fla. 1st DCA 19......
  • Shead v. State, s. 77-2443
    • United States
    • Florida District Court of Appeals
    • February 13, 1979
    ...72 So.2d 382 (Fla.1954); Mayo v. State ex rel. Murray, 66 So.2d 256 (Fla.1953); Reed v. Mayo, 61 So.2d 757 (Fla.1952); Scott v. Mayo, 159 Fla. 816, 32 So.2d 821 (1947); Joyner v. State, 158 Fla. 806, 30 So.2d 304 (1947); 4 Wharton's Criminal Procedure, 288-289 (12th ed. Torcia 1976); Anno.,......
  • Perry v. Mayo
    • United States
    • Florida Supreme Court
    • May 4, 1954
    ...Bearing these two cases in mind, we proceed to examine a few decisions that seem to typify the pronouncements in both. In Scott v. Mayo, 159 Fla. 816, 32 So.2d 821, the Court held that inasmuch as two of the four felonies described were alleged to have been perpetrated on the same day, a li......
  • State v. Bell
    • United States
    • Florida Supreme Court
    • October 5, 1948
    ... ... It was error to ... discharge appellee and quash the information. He should have ... been sentenced as a second offender. Mowery v. Mayo, ... Fla., 31 So.2d 249; Scott v. Mayo, Fla., 32 ... So.2d 821; Williams v. Mayo, Fla., 33 So.2d 861; ... Joyner v. State, supra; Sections 775.09, ... ...
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