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Gerstein v. Pugh, No. 73-477 (U.S. Supreme Court) (420 U.S. 103; 95 S.Ct. 854) (February 18, 1975) (Justice Powell)

The defendants in this case were arrested pursuant to a prosecutor's information. Under applicable Florida rules and statutes, prosecutors could charge noncapital offenses by information without a preliminary hearing or leave of court. State courts had previously held that the prosecutor's filing of an information "foreclosed the suspect's right to ...

 

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