Case Name: Ralph Martin BUFFINGTON, Petitioner, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Director, Division of Corrections, Respondent
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1963-07-03
Citations: 154 So. 2d 837
Docket Number: No. 32000
Parties: Ralph Martin BUFFINGTON, Petitioner, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Director, Division of Corrections, Respondent.
Judges: DREW, C. J., and TERRELL, THOMAS, ROBERTS and THORNAL, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 154
Pages: 837–838

Head Matter:
Ralph Martin BUFFINGTON, Petitioner, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Director, Division of Corrections, Respondent.
No. 32000.
Supreme Court of Florida.
July 3, 1963.
Ralph Martin Buffington, in pro. per.
Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and Reeves Bowen, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This matter recurs for consideration upon the judgment and mandate of the Supreme Court of the United States. Pursuant to the directions of that Court it is now found that the petition, if proved, alleged grounds for post-conviction relief. In order to expedite the disposition of the matter we decline to issue a writ of habeas corpus, but expressly without prejudice to the petitioner to proceed under Florida Criminal Procedure Rule No. 1, 31 F.S.A. See Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335, 83 S.Ct. 792, 9 L.Ed.2d 799, and on remand, Gideon v. Wainwright, (Fla.) 153 So.2d 299.
It is so ordered.
DREW, C. J., and TERRELL, THOMAS, ROBERTS and THORNAL, JJ., concur.