District Court of Appeal of Florida

A petition for a writ of habeas corpus is granted where charges were not filed against defendant within the time prescribed by rule, and the only evidence adduced at defendant's adversary preliminary hearing was a hearsay account which would not have been admissible if offered at trial.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/22/2006
• Published 02/22/2006

Judges

• BENTON, J.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bill White, Public Defender, and Brian D. Morrissey, Assistant Public Defender, Yulee, for petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charlie Crist, Attorney General, and Daniel A. David, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for respondents.