KIDWELL v. McCUTCHEON

No. 96-2888-CIV.

962 F.Supp. 1477 (1996)

David KIDWELL, Petitioner, v. Charles A. McCUTCHEON, Sheriff of Palm Beach County, Respondent.

United States District Court, S.D. Florida.

October 30, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sanford Lewis Bohrer, Holland & Knight, Miami, FL, for Petitioner.

Don Rogers, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, FL, for Respondent.


EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM ON ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR HABEAS CORPUS RELIEF

FERGUSON, District Judge.

This Matter came before the Court on Petitioner's Emergency Motion for Interim Relief Staying Judgment and Sentence Pending Ruling on Emergency Petition For Wit of Habeas Corpus. Petitioner David Kidwell ("Kidwell"), a newspaper reporter, was adjudged in contempt and sentenced for refusal to give testimony in a state attorneys investigation regarding...

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