Perez v. State

Full title: RALPH GARCIA PEREZ, APPELLANT, v. THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Nov 9, 1982

421 So. 2d 196 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1982)

Opinion

No. 82-228.

November 9, 1982.

Appeal from Circuit Court, Monroe County; Bill G. Chappell, Judge.

Henry Lee Morgenstern, Key West, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Penny H. Hershoff and Calvin L. Fox, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellee.

Before HUBBART, C.J., and HENDRY and JORGENSON, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

In the absence of any evidence establishing defendant's nonavailability for trial, we reverse the conviction herein and remand with directions to discharge the defendant. State ex rel. Smith v. Nesbitt, 355 So.2d 202 (Fla. 3d DCA 1978); Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.191(f).

Reversed and remanded with directions.