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REYNOLDS v. COCHRAN

No. 115.

365 U.S. 525 (1961)

81 S.Ct. 723

5 L.Ed.2d 754

REYNOLDS v. COCHRAN, DIRECTOR OF DIVISION OF CORRECTIONS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 20, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Claude Pepper, acting under appointment by the Court, 363 U.S. 824, argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.

George R. Georgieff, Assistant Attorney General of Florida, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Richard W. Ervin, Attorney General.

MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

In 1956 petitioner was convicted of grand larceny in the Criminal Court of Polk County, Florida, and sentenced to serve two years in prison. In December 1957, with time for good behavior, petitioner was released from prison and discharged from custody as an absolutely free man. Some two months after his release and discharge, the Polk County prosecutor filed an information...

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