Craig v. Cochran

John W. Craig, petitioned this Court for writ of habeas corpus alleging that he was illegally confined because, although he was a minor at the time of the proceedings leading to the present detention, the State did not comply with Sec. 932.38, F.S.A.

We issued the writ and the respondent filed his return. To the return is attached a transcript of a statement taken of petitioner’s mother by the assistant county solicitor of Polk County after the issuance of the writ.

The return and the abovementioned statement show that petitioner’s parents visited him in the county jail on numerous occasions…