MATTOX v. CARSON

Nos. 68-370, 68-371-Civ.-J.

295 F.Supp. 1054 (1969)

William Oscar MATTOX, Jr., Petitioner, v. Dale CARSON, as Sheriff of Duval County, Florida, Respondent. Cecil Frederick LOWE, Petitioner, v. Dale CARSON, as Sheriff of Duval County, Florida, Respondent.

United States District Court M. D. Florida, Jacksonville Division.

January 10, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter G. Arnold, Jacksonville, Fla., for petitioners.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., and David N. Tumin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Fla., for respondent.


ORDER GRANTING PETITION FOR HABEAS CORPUS

SCOTT, District Judge:

This cause came on for hearing on petition for habeas corpus by William Oscar Mattox, Jr., and Cecil Frederick Lowe, pursuant to 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254, attacking the legality of petitioners' custody. The facts in both cases are identical except for the testimony given by each petitioner before the Duval County Grand Jury, which is the same in substance. Therefore, except for minor variances...

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