Case Title: Kinard v. Cochran

Citation: 113 So. 2d 843

Docket Number: 

State: florida

Court: Florida Supreme Court

Date: 1959-08-05T00:00:00Z

Document:
113 So. 2d 843 (1959)
Robert Frederick KINARD, Petitioner,
v.
H.G. COCHRAN, Jr., Director of Division of Corrections, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.
August 5, 1959.
Robert Frederick Kinard, in pro. per., for petitioner.
Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and George R. Georgieff, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.
HOBSON, Justice.
Upon petition of Robert Frederick Kinard this court issued a writ of habeas corpus on July 7, 1959, to which the respondent filed his return on July 14, 1959.
After due consideration of the petition for writ of habeas corpus, respondent's return, and the petitioner's answer to respondent's return, we conclude that the petitioner is entitled to be discharged.
The record discloses that there was no compliance with § 932.38, F.S.A., which reads:
The failure to comply with any of the alternatives in the statute is fatal herein *844 and, therefore, we must, of necessity, order the petitioner discharged from the custody of the respondent, without prejudice to further proceedings in accordance with due process of law.
It is so ordered.
THOMAS, C.J., and TERRELL, ROBERTS and DREW, JJ., concur.