State Ex Rel. Green v. Pearson

SEBRING, J.:

The petitioner, Cashie Lee Green, is being held in the county jail of Sarasota County on an indictment charging her with murder in the first degree. The jury list from which the grand jury that returned the indictment was drawn, was made up by Jury Commissioners appointed under authority of Chapter 21527, Special Laws of Florida, 1941.

The act in question authorizes the appointment by the Governor of two residents of Sarasota County to serve as jury commissioners for terms of two years each. It empowers the jury commissioners so appointed “to select and list the number of male…