George Leppig, as Acting Director of Public Safety and as Sheriff of Dade County, Florida v. Hyman Martin
This text of 386 F.2d 190 (George Leppig, as Acting Director of Public Safety and as Sheriff of Dade County, Florida v. Hyman Martin) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
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The appellee was adjudged in contempt for failure to answer questions before a Florida grand jury. He sought relief from the court’s order of commitment for contempt by a petition for habeas corpus. The writ was granted. The appellant, as Acting Director of Public Safety and Sheriff of Dade County, Florida, has appealed. The term of the grand jury before which the appellee was summoned to testify has expired. Therefore the appeal has become moot and is dismissed.
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