Wayne Woodard v. Louis L. Wainwright, Eddie Bell v. Louis L. Wainwright, Secretary of Department of Offender Rehabilitation

JAMES LAWRENCE KING, District Judge:

In these cases we review orders of two United States District Courts denying separate applications for writs of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 2254. Both cases present the single issue of the constitutionality of Fia.Stat. Section 39.02(5)(c) which automatically divests Florida Juvenile Courts from their normal jurisdiction over juveniles upon the latter’s indictment by a grand jury for offenses punishable by death or life imprisonment. 1

Petitioner Woodard was indicted as an adult for false imprisonment, assault and robbery, the latter offense…