REYNOLDS v. COCHRAN

No. 29838.

138 So.2d 500 (1962)

Stephen Franklin REYNOLDS, Petitioner, v. H.G. COCHRAN, Jr., Director of Division of Corrections, State of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied March 28, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Claude Pepper and Claude Pepper Law Offices, Tallahassee, for petitioner.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and George R. Georgieff, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.


ROBERTS, Chief Justice.

Pursuant to a mandate from the Supreme Court of the United States we issued a writ of habeas corpus, required a return and on the basis of the same referred the cause to a commissioner of this court for a hearing upon the factual issues. See Reynolds v. Cochran, 365 U.S. 525, 81 S.Ct. 723, 5 L.Ed.2d 754. Pending final decision the petitioner was released on bail.

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