NETTLETON v. DOUGHTIE

No. 57122.

373 So.2d 667 (1979)

Paul Lester NETTLETON, et al., Petitioners, v. Nathan C. DOUGHTIE, Alachua County Court Judge, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

July 17, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eilon Krugman-Kadi of Barton & Cox, and Peter Enwall, Gainesville, for petitioners.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Martin S. Friedman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondent.


OVERTON, Justice.

This is a petition for writ of prohibition brought by the named petitioners who are all charged with certain traffic violations which are deemed noncriminal infractions under section 318.14(1), Florida Statutes. By a motion to dismiss in the county court, petitioners challenged that court's jurisdiction to hear these alleged violations of traffic laws. The county court denied the motion to dismiss and expressly held that

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