BRANSON v. COCHRAN

No. 31330.

138 So.2d 316 (1962)

Walter Franklin BRANSON, Petitioner, v. H.G. COCHRAN, Jr., Director, Division of Corrections, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

February 28, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter Franklin Branson, in pro. per., for petitioner.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and Reeves Bowen, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.


ROBERTS, Chief Justice.

Walter Franklin Branson petitioned this court for a writ of habeas coprus, alleging that he is illegally confined because, although he was an unmarried minor according to Florida law, at the time of his trial upon a charge of murder his parents were not notified of the charges pending against him prior to said trial, as required by § 932.38, F.S.A.

We issued the writ and the respondent has now filed his return, together with numerous...

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