Case Name: Bennie Ray HOBBS, Petitioner, v. H. G. COCHRAN, Jr., Director, Division of Corrections, Respondent
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1962-04-25
Citations: 140 So. 2d 299
Docket Number: No. 31429
Parties: Bennie Ray HOBBS, Petitioner, v. H. G. COCHRAN, Jr., Director, Division of Corrections, Respondent.
Judges: ROBERTS, C. J., and TERRELL, THOMAS, THORNAL and O’CONNELL, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 140
Pages: 299–300

Head Matter:
Bennie Ray HOBBS, Petitioner, v. H. G. COCHRAN, Jr., Director, Division of Corrections, Respondent.
No. 31429.
Supreme Court of Florida.
April 25, 1962.
Bennie Ray Hobbs, in pro. per. for peti-. tioner.
Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and George R. Georgieff, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The order entered in the above cause 11 April 1962 is rescinded and the following order is substituted for it:
It appearing that the return of the respondent to the Writ of Habeas Corpus heretofore issued in this cause requires the taking of testimony, it is ordered that the said cause be and it is hereby referred to Honorable Joseph W. Bailey, of the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida, who is hereby appointed a Commissioner of this Court, to hear testimony, make his findings thereon and recommendations on the factual issues to this Court.
ROBERTS, C. J., and TERRELL, THOMAS, THORNAL and O'CONNELL, JJ., concur.