State v. Kluttz

Full title: STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. LUKE KLUTTZ…

Court: FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA

Date published: Jan 2, 2020

290 So. 3d 990 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2020)

Opinion

No. 1D18-2215

01-02-2020

STATE of Florida, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Luke KLUTTZ, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Virginia Chester Harris, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee. Michael Ufferman of Michael Ufferman Law Firm, P.A., Tallahassee, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant Kluttz; Brian L. Tannebaum of Brian L. Tannebaum, P.A., Miami, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant Petagine.

B.L. Thomas, J.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Virginia Chester Harris, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

Michael Ufferman of Michael Ufferman Law Firm, P.A., Tallahassee, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant Kluttz; Brian L. Tannebaum of Brian L. Tannebaum, P.A., Miami, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant Petagine.

B.L. Thomas, J. We reverse the trial court's dismissal of the felony-hazing charge and affirm the trial court's decision to allow the State to proceed as to the misdemeanor-hazing charge. See State v. Petagine , No. 1D18-2086, 290 So.3d 991, 2020 WL 20734.

REVERSED in part, AFFIRMED in part, and REMANDED .

Osterhaus, J., concurs; Bilbrey, J., dissents with opinion.

Bilbrey, J., dissenting.

I respectfully dissent based on the same rationale as my dissenting opinion in State v. Petagine , No. 18-2086, 290 So.3d 991, 2020 WL 20734.