Case Name: William W. FLOYD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1969-04-18
Citations: 221 So. 2d 433
Docket Number: No. 69-193
Parties: William W. FLOYD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: LILES, C. J., and HOBSON, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 221
Pages: 433–434

Head Matter:
William W. FLOYD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 69-193.
District Court of Appeal of Florida. Second District.
April 18, 1969.
Thomas W. Perkins, Bartow, for appellant.
Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and William D. Roth, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lakeland, for appellee.

Opinion:
MANN, Judge.
Appellant is lawfully imprisoned in Florida and charged in Kansas with another crime for which he demands the speedy trial guaranteed him by the Sixth Amendment. He sought habeas corpus in Florida, which was promptly and properly denied by Judge Stephenson of the Tenth Circuit in an order which mentioned the lack of jurisdiction in Florida courts to determine whether Kansas had denied him a speedy trial. Not satisfied, Floyd filed another petition, which was promptly and properly disposed of by Judge Willson, who referred in his order to Smith v. Hooey, 393 U.S. 374, 89 S.Ct. 575, 21 L.Ed.2d 607 (1969), which cites all of the pertinent cases and ought to make it plain to Floyd that he is complaining to the wrong state authorities about the failure of Kansas, if any, to bring him to trial. His appeal from the order entered by Judge Willson is dismissed on our own motion.
LILES, C. J., and HOBSON, J., concur.