STATE EX REL. JONES v. WISEHEART

Nos. 40829, 40830.

245 So.2d 849 (1971)

STATE of Florida ex rel. Willie Dee JONES, Relator, v. The Honorable Marshall C. WISEHEART As Presiding Judge and the Honorable Joseph Nesbitt As Judge of the Circuit Court in and for the 11TH Judicial Circuit in and for Dade County, Florida, Respondents. Eddie Lee GRIFFIN, Relator, v. Harvey DUVAL, Circuit Judge, Circuit Court for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

March 11, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Prebish & Masin, Miami, for Willie Dee Jones.

Phillip A. Hubbart, Miami, for Eddie Lee Griffin.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Stuart L. Simon, Deputy Atty. Gen., and Rebecca Bowles Hawkins, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondents.


ROBERTS, Chief Justice.

These are companion cases attacking the validity of House Bill 17-B, now published as Chapter 71-1(B), Laws of Florida, 1971, by way of original proceedings filed in this court to obtain Writs of Prohibition against the respondents as presiding judge and judges of the Circuit Court of Dade County, respectively. The Rule Nisi issued as prayed in each case, and the causes were ordered consolidated for hearing on the issues made by the Relators...

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