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McCreary v. State

Supreme Court of Florida
May 22, 1936
168 So. 422 (Fla. 1936)

Opinion

Opinion Filed May 22, 1936.

A writ of error to the Circuit Court for Dade County, H.F. Atkinson, Judge.

J.W. Watson, Jr., Abe Aronovitz and W.W. Charles for Plaintiff in Error;

Hendricks Hendricks, for Defendant in Error.


This writ of error brings before us for review a final order in habeas corpus proceedings discharging the petitioner from custody. The judgment of the Circuit Judge is affirmed upon authority of McCleod v. Chase, 96 Fla. 736a, 116 So. 858 and Brown v. Watson, 116 Fla. 56, 156 So. 327; there having been no evidence introduced before the municipal court, or before the Circuit Judge in the habeas corpus proceedings, showing, or tending to show that the ordinance in question had been violated by the petitioner.

Affirmed.

WHITFIELD, C.J., and BROWN and DAVIS, J.J., concur.

ELLIS, P.J., and TERRELL and BUFORD, J.J., concur in the opinion and judgment.


Where the constitutionality of the application of a particular statute or ordinance depends upon a consideration of the evidence I think habeas corpus may be employed as it was used in this case, not as a review of the sufficiency of the evidence qua proof, but as a means of determining whether constitutional property rights are being adversely affected by the manner of enforcement of an ordinance as applied to the particular facts of the case before the court.

BUFORD, J., concurs.


Summaries of

McCreary v. State

Supreme Court of Florida
May 22, 1936
168 So. 422 (Fla. 1936)
Case details for

McCreary v. State

Case Details

Full title:S.D. McCREARY, Chief of Police of the City of Miami, v. STATE, ex rel…

Court:Supreme Court of Florida

Date published: May 22, 1936

Citations

168 So. 422 (Fla. 1936)
168 So. 422