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RODRIGUEZ v. SANDSTROM

No. 80-621.

382 So.2d 778 (1980)

Piedad Alvarez RODRIGUEZ, Petitioner, v. Jack SANDSTROM, Director, Dade County Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

April 8, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Moore, Miami, and Edward N. Moore, for petitioner.

Janet Reno, State's Atty. and Kurt Marmar, Asst. State's Atty., for respondent.

Before HENDRY, HUBBART and NESBITT, JJ.

HUBBART, Judge.

This is an original petition for a writ of habeas corpus brought by a witness who is presently restrained of her liberty in a county jail as a material witness in a first degree murder investigation. We have jurisdiction to entertain this petition. Art. V, § 4(b)(3); Ch. 79, Fla. Stat. (1979).

The central question presented for review is whether a circuit court has the inherent or statutory authority to hold a necessary and material witness...

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