STATE EX REL. WORTHINGTON v. CANNON

No. 34188.

181 So.2d 346 (1965)

STATE of Florida ex rel. Richard Charles WORTHINGTON, Petitioner, v. Honorable Pat CANNON, as one of the Judges of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in and for Dade County, Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied January 19, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carr & Warren, Miami, for petitioner.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., and George R. Georgieff, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.


CALDWELL, Justice.

Relator, Richard Charles Worthington, in his motion to quash the indictment below, contended and here contends, by petition for writ of prohibition, the Dade County Grand Jury, which, on September 29, 1964, indicted him for murder in the first degree, was illegally and unconstitutionally selected; that Chapter 63-753, Laws of Florida 1963, providing for a twenty-three (23) man Grand Jury in counties having...

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