Dixon v. Cochran

Jun 1, 1962
No. 31537
Reporters:
,
Before:
Con
PER CURIAM.

It appearing that at the time the petitioner plead guilty and was sentenced in ‍‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‍January 1962 for an offense committed in March 1961, he had been adjudged incompetent in April 1960, and the record containing no evidence to overcome the presumption that ‍‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‍petitioner’s insanity continued at the time of commission of the alleged crime and the imposition of sentence.

It is the order of this court that the judgment and sentence ‍‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‍attacked be vacated, “the plea of guilty * * * set aside and the petitioner remanded” to the custody of the sheriff of Suwannee County for further proceedings ‍‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‍upon the indictment filed against him in accordance with the provisions of Sec. 917.01, Florida Statutes 1959, F.S.A., and the opinion of this court in Horace v. Culver, ‍‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‍Fla., Ill So.2d 670.

ROBERTS, C. J., and TERRELL, THOMAS, THORNAL and O’CON-NELL, JJ., concur.