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BECKWITH v. STATE

No. TT-431.

386 So.2d 836 (1980)

Ann BECKWITH, Betty Beckwith, Charlie Brigham, Edward Brown, Melissa Day, John E. Fairchild, C.D. Faircloth, Norma N. Faircloth, Bradley Harvell, George Wesley Harvell, Vera Henderson, Bert Phillips, Geraldine Potter, W.L. Potter, and Robert Walden, Petitioners, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

August 7, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph C. Jacobs and Lewis M. Killian, Jr., of Ervin, Varn, Jacobs, Odom & Kitchen, and M. Howard Williams, Tallahassee, for petitioners.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and David P. Gauldin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Curtis A. Golden, State's Atty., Pensacola, for respondent.

ROBERT P. SMITH, Jr., Judge.

The 15 petitioners seek certiorari review of an order of the Circuit Court of Liberty County granting the State a change of venue for trial, to Leon County, on the ground that it is practically impossible to obtain an impartial jury in Liberty County, where the defendants reside and where they allegedly committed the felony of buying the votes of others. Section 104.061(2), Florida Statutes (1979).

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