STATE v. GRAYSON


90 So.2d 710 (1956)

STATE of Florida ex rel. Herschel Williams and Charles Lang, Petitioners, v. L.A. GRAYSON, as Judge of the Criminal Court of Record of Hillsborough County, Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida. Special Division A.

November 21, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom J. Johnson, Jr., and C.J. Hardee, Sr., Tampa, for petitioners.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and Reeves Bowen, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.


THORNAL, Justice.

Petitioners, being subjected to prosecution on charges pending in the Criminal Court of Record of Hillsborough County, petition for a rule absolute to prohibit further proceedings by the respondent in connection with the matter.

The determining point is whether petitioners were previously placed in jeopardy on the same charges.

On November 18, 1954, both petitioners were charged with liquor...

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