Cox v. State

PIERCE, Judge.

Appellant, Boyd W. Cox, Jr., petitioned the Circuit Court for Manatee County for a writ of habeas corpus to test validity of an executive warrant of rendition theretofore issued by the Governor of Florida, upon which warrant appellant was being held in custody awaiting transfer to the State of Tennessee to answer a criminal charge then pending in that State. The executive warrant issued by the Florida Governor recited that the criminal charge in Tennessee upon which extradition was demanded was “failing to comply with *469support order of Code Section 39-219 T. C.A.”

After hearing,…