State v. Young

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

SAM BASS, Justice.

The State appeals the trial court’s orders dismissing eight indictments returned against appellees. We reverse.

On April 27, 1989, a grand jury returned two indictments for bribery against each appellee. On May 25, 1989, Appellee Young filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus, cause number 531,578, which the other appellees joined and adopted as their own, asking that the indictments be dismissed because the grand jury had been discharged before the indictments were returned.

The trial court issued the writ, and, after a hearing, entered an order…