State v. Bennett

HOBSON, Justice.

This is an appeal by the State from an order of the circuit court granting a petition for writ of habeas corpus and directing the respondent sheriff, of Duval County to release the petitioner (appellee here) from custody.

• In the petition for writ of habeas corpus it was alleged that petitioner was restrained by virtue of an extradition warrant issued by the Governor of Florida pursuant to a request from the Governor of Georgia seeking the return of petitioner to Richmond County, Georgia, to stand trial for the offense of abandonment of minor children under the laws of…