Case ID: so2d_379/html/0368-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Douglas POLK, Petitioner, v. Maurice CROCKETT, Respondent.
    No. SS-407.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
    Dec. 19, 1979.
    
      Douglas Polk, pro se.
   PER CURIAM.

This cause is before us upon an unsigned petition for a writ of habeas corpus. While such a petition does not require a meticulous observation of the rules of pleading, Sneed v. Mayo, 66 So.2d 865 (Fla.1953), it is nevertheless a general rule that the petition must be verified. 39A C.J.S. Habeas Corpus § 168(c) (1976). And § 79.01, Fla.Stat., requires that such a petition shall be granted only upon “affidavit or evidence. . . ”

Accordingly, said petition is denied, without prejudice to the right of the petitioner to refile a verified petition.

MILLS, C. J., and LARRY G. SMITH and WENTWORTH, JJ., concur.