STATE OF FLORIDA, PETITIONER,
v.
DONALD OSTERGARD ET AL., RESPONDENTS; STATE OF FLORIDA, PETITIONER, V. CARLOS GUTIERREZ ET AL., RESPONDENTS
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PER CURIAM.
The writs of certiorari were granted to review the decisions of the District Court of Appeal, Third District, in State v. Gutierrez, 344 So. 2d 943 (Fla. 3d DCA 1977), and State v. Ostergard, 343 So. 2d 874 (Fla. 3d DCA 1977), because of apparent conflict with State v. Barnett, 339 So. 2d 1159 (Fla. 2d DCA 1976). We have recently disapproved the decision of the District Court of Appeal in Barnett and concurred with the decision and rationale of the District Court in Ostergard. McNamara v. State, 357 So. 2d 410 (Fla.1978). Having dispelled the conflict, we discharge the writs heretofore issued.
It is so ordered.
OVERTON, C. J., and BOYD, ENGLAND and ALDERMAN, JJ., concur. ADKINS, J., concurs specially with an opinion, with which ENGLAND, J., concurs.
ADKINS, Justice,
concurring specially:
In my opinion the decisions of the district courts of appeal were erroneous, however, the majority of the court concurred in McNamara v. State, 357 So. 2d 410 (Fla.1978) filed March 31, 1978, and took a contrary view.
The presiding judge of the statewide grand jury controls the exercise of its jurisdiction, governed by the statute, as well as the petition and empaneling order. The statewide grand jury is an arm of the presiding court.
The trial court is a separate and distinct court, the jurisdiction of which is determined by the nature of the crime charged (subject matter jurisdiction) and proper venue (territorial jurisdiction). The trial court does not have jurisdiction to make inquiry into the subject matter jurisdiction of the statewide grand jury.
We, in effect, have made “multi-county activity” a necessary element to be alleged and proved beyond a reasonable doubt in every criminal offense charged by a statewide grand jury indictment.
This step, giving a defendant additional technical objections (unrelated to the basic rights safeguarded by the Constitution) is the case law of Florida, so the disposition of these cases is in accordance with the majority view. In this respect I concur. ENGLAND, J., concurs.
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- McNAMARA v. State, 357 So. 2d 410 (Fla. 1978)
- State v. Ostergard, 343 So. 2d 874 (Fla. 3d DCA 1977)
- State v. Barnett, 339 So. 2d 1159 (Fla. 2d DCA 1976)
- State v. Gutierrez, 344 So. 2d 943 (Fla. 3d DCA 1977)