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Reynolds v. Cochran, Director of Division of Corrections, 1960 — 363 U.S. 801 · caselaw · US
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Reynolds v. Cochran, Director of Division of Corrections
363 U.S. 801·Supreme Court of the United States·1960
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Opinion
No. 384,
Misc.
Reynolds v. Cochran, Director of Division of Corrections.
Petitioner pro se. Richard W. Ervin, Attorney General of Florida, and Reeves Bowen, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Motion for leave to file petition for writ of habeas corpus denied. Treating the papers submitted as a petition for writ of certiorari, cer-tiorari to the Supreme Court of Florida granted. Petitioner is permitted to proceed in forma pauperis and case transferred to appellate docket.