STATE EX REL. EVANS v. CHAPPEL

No. 45054.

308 So.2d 1 (1975)

STATE of Florida ex rel. Frederick O. EVANS et al., Relators, v. The Honorable Bill G. CHAPPEL, As Judge of the Circuit Court of the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

February 5, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip A. Hubbart, Public Defender, Mark King Leban and Bennett H. Brummer, Asst. Public Defenders, for relators.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Enoch J. Whitney, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.


DEKLE, Justice.

We have jurisdiction pursuant to Art. V, § 3(b)(5), Fla. Const., relators having sought issuance of a writ of mandamus directed to respondent in his capacity as a circuit judge.

This cause presents for our determination the proper interpretation of Rules 3.160(a), 3.170(a) and 3.180(a), Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure, as such rules relate to acceptance of written pleas of not guilty filed by counsel in criminal cases. The facts presented...

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