District Court of Appeal of Florida

Petition for writ of prohibition seeking to prohibit the circuit court from proceeding with a criminal prosecution against defendant on drug charges is granted where the state failed to commence the prosecution within the time periods established in the applicable statutes of limitations.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/17/2006
• Published 02/17/2006

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Shawn A. Jiles, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Ronald Napolitano, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Respondent.