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497 So. 2d 1

497 So.2d 1

11 Fla.L.Weekly 573

Reno v. Person

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided November 6, 1986

Supreme Court of Florida · decided 1986-11-06

Relies on 497 So. 2d 2 - State v. Bloom

Decided 1986-11-06

OVERTON, Justice.

¶1In this cause the petitioner, Janet Reno, State Attorney for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, seeks a writ to prohibit Ralph N. Person, Judge of the Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, from requiring her to disclose, prior to trial, her justifica*2tion for seeking the death penalty in the case of State of Florida v. James Allen Bryant, Dee Casteel, Michael Irvine and William Rhodes, Circuit Court Case No. 84-9397. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(8), Fla. Const. For the reasons expressed in State v. Bloom, 497 So.2d 2 (Fla.1986), we grant the petition but withhold the issuance of the writ, believing that the circuit judge will comply with our ruling on this issue as expressed in Bloom.

¶2It is so ordered.

McDonald, C.J., and BOYD, EHR-, LICH and SHAW, JJ., concur.ADKINS and BARKETT, JJ., concur in result only.
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