ONWU v. STATE

No. 89026.

692 So.2d 881 (1997)

Charles ONWU, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

April 24, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan H. Schreiber, Public Defender and Diane M. Cuddihy, Assistant Public Defender, Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Ft. Lauderdale, for Petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General and Don M. Rogers, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for Respondents.

Richard E. Doran, General Counsel and Gregory D. Venz, Assistant General Counsel, Tallahassee, for Department of Children and Families, Amicus Curiae.


GRIMES, Justice.

This is a petition for prohibition which challenges an administrative order entered by the Chief Judge of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit in and for Broward County. Pursuant to this Court's decision in Wild v. Dozier, 672 So.2d 16 (Fla.1996), we have jurisdiction under article V, sections 2(a), 2(b), and 3(b)(7) of the Florida Constitution.

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