MERKEL v. STATE (2024)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Lois Kay MERKEL, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

No. 1D2024-1428

Decided: July 24, 2024

Michael R. Rollo, Pensacola; Ted A. Stokes, Milton, for Petitioner. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.

Dismissed. See § 907.041(5)(c)5., Fla. Stat. (2023); Preston v. Gee, 133 So. 3d 1218 (Fla. 2d DCA 2014) (discussing two exceptions to right to pretrial release and noting State may proceed under either exception when seeking to have an accused who is charged with a capital offense or one punishable by life imprisonment detained pretrial).

Per Curiam.

Lewis, Rowe, and Bilbrey, JJ., concur.

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