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        "text": "Per Curiam.\nThe petitioner, State of Arkansas, requests a writ of certiorari on the basis that the trial court lacks the power to amend the charge of the Prosecuting Attorney of Faulkner County against the respondent, Jerry Hill, from theft of property (Ark. Code Ann. \u00a7 5-36-103 (1987) (a felony)) to theft of a trade secret (Ark. Code Ann. \u00a7 5-36-107 (1987) (a misdemeanor)).\nThe writ of certiorari is not one of right, but is to be granted or denied within the discretion of the court from which it is sought; certiorari may be granted where the court lacks the power to act as it has purported to do. Gran v. Hale, 294 Ark. 563, 745 S.W.2d 129 (1988).\nIn State v. Brooks, 301 Ark. 257, 783 S.W.2d 368 (1990), this court noted that the duty of charging an accused with a felony is reserved either to the grand jury or the prosecutor, Ark. Const, amend. 21, \u00a7 1; by amending the charge from a felony to a misdemeanor, in that case, over the State\u2019s objection, the trial court encroached upon the prosecutor\u2019s constitutional duties and breached the separation of powers doctrine. See also United States v. Edmonson, 792 F.2d 1492 (9th Cir. 1986), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 1037 (1987); State v. Laury, 397 So.2d 960 (Fla. App. 1981); Petition of United States, 306 F.2d 737 (9th Cir. 1962).\nConsequently, the trial court\u2019s amendment, in this case, of a felony charge to that of a misdemeanor impermissibly usurped the prosecutor\u2019s constitutional duties.\nThe petition for writ of certiorari is granted.",
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    "head_matter": "STATE of Arkansas v. Jerry HILL\nCR 91-159\n811 S.W.2d 323\nSupreme Court of Arkansas\nOpinion delivered July 15, 1991\nWinston Bryant, Att\u2019y Gen., by: Sandy Moll, Asst. Att\u2019y Gen., for appellant.\nJohn Wesley Hall, Jr., for appellant."
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