STATE EX REL. FAIRCLOTH v. CROSS

No. 39357.

238 So.2d 81 (1970)

STATE of Florida ex rel. Earl FAIRCLOTH, Attorney General, Relator, v. Hon. Spencer C. CROSS, As Chief Judge, and James H. Walden, David L. McCain, John A. Reed, Jr., and William C. Owen, Jr., As Judges of and Constituting the District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District, and C.T. Buchannon, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

July 8, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., J. Terrell Williams and Charles W. Musgrove, Asst. Attys. Gen., for relator.

Robert G. Ferrell, III, Public Defender, and Charles M. Rieders, Asst. Public Defender, for respondents.


ADKINS, Justice.

In original proceedings, the Attorney General seeks writ of prohibition prohibiting respondents from exercising jurisdiction in an appeal. A rule to show cause was issued and a return has been filed.

C.T. Buchannon was charged with the offense of robbery in one count of an information and with the offense of assault with intent to commit first degree murder in another count. The jury found him guilty of robbery and guilty of assault with intent...

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