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PIERCE v. MIMS

No. 82-877.

418 So.2d 273 (1982)

Rodney Edward PIERCE, Petitioner, v. Louis T. MIMS, As Sheriff of Polk County, Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied August 20, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry Hill, Public Defender, and Alex J. Sabo, II, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for petitioner.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and David T. Weisbrod, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for respondent.

RYDER, Judge.

Petitioner requests that a writ of habeas corpus be issued because he is being held unlawfully without probable cause to believe that he has committed any offense. We agree with petitioner's argument and grant the writ of habeas corpus.

Petitioner, incarcerated following arrest for grand theft, was not charged by indictment or information within twenty-one days from the date of his arrest, and he filed...

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