Washington v. Mayo

Summary

The Supreme Court of Florida held that the petitioner’s life sentence under the Habitual Criminal Act did not violate double jeopardy or ex post facto prohibitions and that the technical error of not vacating the prior six‑year sentence was harmless, deeming the life term to have begun on September 4, 1940; the court also declined to resolve a factual issue about the required caution, dismissing the petition without prejudice and remanding the petitioner to custody.