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STATE EX REL. MARTIN v. MICHELL

Nos. 642, 671.

188 So.2d 684 (1966)

STATE of Florida ex rel. Hyman MARTIN, Petitioner, v. Allen B. MICHELL, Sheriff in and for Broward County, Florida, Respondent. Hyman MARTIN, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied August 2, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold Ungerleider, Miami, for petitioner.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and James T. Carlisle, Asst. Atty. Gen., Vero Beach, for respondent.

SMITH, Chief Judge.

In case No. 642, a petition for writ of habeas corpus, we issued an order to show cause. The respondent replied by a return suggesting to the court that the cause is now moot. The purpose of a habeas corpus proceeding is to inquire into the legality of the petitioner's present detention. Sneed v. Mayo, Fla. 1953, 66 So.2d 865, Fla. 1954, 69 So.2d 653...

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