Supreme Court of Florida

Once a trial commences, the State cannot amend the information without leave of court, and the court cannot grant leave to amend the information during trial if doing so would prejudice the substantial rights of the defendant.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/26/2005
• Published 05/26/2005

Judges

• BELL, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, Robert J. Krauss, Chief-Assistant Attorney General, Tampa Criminal Appeals, and Susan D. Dunlevy, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, FL, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Richard J. Sanders, Assistant Public Defender, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, FL, for Respondent.