STATE EX REL. COCCHIARO v. PURDY

No. 72-322.

260 So.2d 556 (1972)

STATE of Florida ex rel. Frank COCCHIARO, Appellant, v. E. Wilson PURDY, Director of Public Safety, Dade County, Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied May 8, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael S. Hacker and J. Bruce Phelps, Miami, for appellant.

Richard E. Gerstein, State's Atty., and Richard Snyder, Asst. State's Atty., for appellee.

Before BARKDULL, C.J., and PEARSON and CHARLES CARROLL, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

The appellant was arrested in Dade County, Florida, on a fugitive warrant based on a charge of criminal contempt pending against him in the State of New Jersey. See Chapter 941 Fla. Stat., F.S.A. relating to extradition.

The appellant filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the circuit court of Dade County. Prior to hearing thereon an executive rendition warrant was issued by the Governor of Florida, for extradition of the appellant to New...

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