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STATE EX REL. REICHLE v. EDWARDS

No. 60042.

409 So.2d 1043 (1982)

STATE of Florida ex rel. William John REICHLE, Relator, v. William F. EDWARDS, Judge of the Circuit Court of the Fifth Judicial Circuit in and for Citrus County, Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

January 28, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben Daniel, Jr., Ocala, for relator.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Barbara Ann Butler, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jacksonville, for respondent.

OVERTON, Justice.

This is a petition for writ of prohibition asserting that this Court had no jurisdiction to impanel the third statewide grand jury, and, consequently, any indictments it returned were void. We find we had proper authority to impanel the statewide grand jury and decline to issue the writ.

The legislature established a statewide grand jury by enacting sections 905.31 and 905.40, Florida Statutes (1977).* Relator...

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