Williams v. Shapiro

575 So.2d 1368 (1991)

Charles Henry WILLIAMS, Petitioner,

v.

The Honorable Sidney B. SHAPIRO, Respondent.

No. 91-99.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

March 12, 1991.

Howard E. Landau, Coral Gables, for petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Julie S. Thornton, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BASKIN and COPE, JJ.

SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.

Williams was taken into custody on October 28, 1988, for attempted second degree murder. No indictment or information, however, was then forthcoming, and pursuant to a "no action" announced by the state on December…