State v. Townsend

Full title: STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLANT, v. JESSIE TOWNSEND, APPELLEE

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Nov 12, 1986

497 So. 2d 716 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)

Opinion

No. 4-86-0866.

November 12, 1986.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Broward County, William Herring and Harry G. Hinckley, Jr., JJ.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Amy Lynn Diem, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Gary Caldwell, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

The trial court erred in dismissing this criminal case after the State of Florida had entered a nolle prosequi. State v. Evans, 418 So.2d 459 (Fla. 4th DCA 1982).

The order of dismissal is

REVERSED.

HERSEY, C.J., and LETTS and WALDEN, JJ., concur.