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...t the defendant. A grand jury is not, like a petit jury, subject to general voir dire inquiry. [4] The grand jury panel may by statute in Florida be challenged "only on the ground that the grand jurors were not selected according to law." Fla. Stat. § 905.03, F.S.A....
...be involved would be investigated by the grand jury." (emphasis added) So far as the record before us reflects, it appears that both appellants have waived their asserted challenge to the grand jury panel afforded them under Fla. Stat. §§
905.02,
905.03 and
905.04, F.S.A. [5] They chose not to challenge the grand jury at the proper time under the statutes and cannot do so now. A challenge to a grand jury panel or to individual grand jurors must in Florida under Fla. Stat. §§
905.02,
905.03 and
905.04, F.S.A....
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...Our direct appeals jurisdiction may not properly be invoked upon this ground. EVIDENTIARY HEARING ON GRAND JURY CHALLENGE It appears that the appellant has waived his right to attack the composition *637 of the grand jury by failing to timely raise his objections pursuant to F.S. § 905.03, F.S.A., and F.S....
