District Court of Appeal of Florida

A petition for a writ of habeas corpus, arising from petitioner's arrest on a capias due to her failure to appear at arraignment, is granted where the trial court's blanket policy announced in a memorandum, ordering all defendants and counsel to appear at arraignment, arbitrarily denied defendant the privilege afforded by Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.160.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/31/2007
• Published 01/31/2007

Judges

• DAVIS, Judge.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bob Dillinger, Public Defender, Clearwater, and Donald W. Hendry, Assistant Public Defender, Dade City, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and William I. Munsey, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Respondent.