5D10-2615 State v. Samantha Converse

State: Florida

Court: Florida Fifth District Court

Docket No: 5D10-2615

Case Date: 01/16/2012

Preview:IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT JANUARY TERM 2012

STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellant, v. SAMANTHA CONVERSE, Appellee. ________________________________/ Opinion filed January 20, 2012 Appeal from the Circuit Court for Hernando County, Stephen Rushing, Judge. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney Tallahassee, and Megan Assistant Attorney General, Beach, for Appellant. General, Saillant, Daytona Case No. 5D10-2615

James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and James R. Wulchak, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

PALMER, J. The State appeals the trial court's order granting defendant Samantha Converse's motion to dismiss a charge of aggravated battery by a detained person1 on double jeopardy grounds. Determining that Converse's motion to dismiss was legally insufficient, we reverse.

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