Supreme Court of Florida

A State is entitled to the benefit of the automatic stay provision of Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.310(b)(2) on appeal in a civil commitment proceeding when the trial court has dismissed the petition seeking commitment.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/08/2005
• Published 09/08/2005

Judges

• ANSTEAD, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender and Robert S. Friedman, Assistant Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, FL, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Robert R. Wheeler, Bureau Chief Criminal Appeals, and Thomas H. Duffy, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, for Respondent.