State v. Avsenew

Full title: STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Peter AVSENEW, Respondent.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Date published: Oct 11, 2017

228 So. 3d 142 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2017)

Opinion

No. 4D17–568

10-11-2017

STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Peter AVSENEW, Respondent.

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Lisa–Marie Lerner, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for petitioner. Howard Finkelstein, Public Defender, and Diane M. Cuddihy, Chief Assistant Public Defender, Fort Lauderdale, for respondent.

Per Curiam.

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Lisa–Marie Lerner, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for petitioner.

Howard Finkelstein, Public Defender, and Diane M. Cuddihy, Chief Assistant Public Defender, Fort Lauderdale, for respondent.

Per Curiam.

The petition for writ of prohibition is granted, and the order precluding the State from seeking the death penalty is quashed. State v. Lopez, 219 So.3d 865 (Fla. 4th DCA 2017) ; State v. Chapman, No. 4D17-428, 227 So.3d 626, 2017 WL 3727098 (Fla. 4th DCA Aug. 30, 2017).

Levine, Conner and Klingensmith, JJ., concur.