WILSON v. RENFROE


91 So.2d 857 (1956)

W.H. WILSON, Appellant, v. Lawrence W. RENFROE, as County Judge, County Judge's Court, Leon County, Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida, Division A.

Rehearing Denied February 1, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ausley & Ausley, D. Fred McMullen, Atkinson & Williams and George W. Atkinson, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., Jos. P. Manners, Asst. Atty. Gen., and W.J. Oven, Jr., Tallahassee, for appellee.


THORNAL, Justice.

Appellant Wilson, the petitioner below, sought a writ of prohibition against the respondent Renfroe and now requests reversal of the final judgment of the Circuit Judge denying a rule absolute and dismissing the proceeding.

We are called upon to decide whether a "motion to dismiss" a criminal proceeding filed by a Prosecuting Attorney is in this instance tantamount to a nolle prosequi of the case. We must also decide whether the record in...

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