Jackson v. State
Citations
- 71 Fla. 342
- 71 So. 332
Syllabus
<p>1. The right to attack an information by the writ of Habeas Corpus is more limited than is permitted in motions to quash and in arrest, and may avail only when the offense charged does not constitute a crime under the laws of the State, by reason of the unconstitutionality of the statute invoked or when there-is a total failure to allege a crime under any statute; inartificiality in pleading will not avail.</p> <p>2. Upon Habeas Corpus an information will be upheld as charging malpractice in office, when it alleges that a County Commissioner received a money consideration for purchasing certain property for the county, even though the information fails to state that it was corruptly done.</p> <p>3. A County Commissioner is an officer of this State within the contemplation of Gen. Stats. Sec. 3481, penalizing malpractice in office.</p>
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- state officer is one who exercises the sovereign powers of the state and whose powers and duties are coextensive with the state's boundaries
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Judges: Account, Cockrell, Ellis, Illness, Shackleford, Taylor, Whitfield
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6 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Ex parte AmosSupreme Court of Florida· 1927-01-11· cited 71×
- In re RobinsonSupreme Court of Florida· 1917-05-14· cited 48×
- Foxworth v. LawSupreme Court of Florida· 1919-05-08· cited 8×
- AgoFlorida Attorney General Reports· 1996-11-05
- AgoFlorida Attorney General Reports· 1985-12-19
- AgoFlorida Attorney General Reports· 1984-03-16
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