STATE v. SWOFFORD

Nos. 74-1494 and 74-1565.

318 So.2d 423 (1975)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. W. Lawrence SWOFFORD, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied September 29, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Frank B. Kessler, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellant.

James E. Shepherd and J. Cheney Mason, Orlando, for appellee.


DOWNEY, Judge.

This is an appeal by the state from an order of the trial court dismissing an information which charged appellee with perjury.

In its material parts the information alleged that appellee "did unlawfully and willfully swear or affirm falsely before said [the Seminole Spring Term 1974] Grand Jury, inquiring in and for the body of the County of Seminole, in regards to a material fact or thing, said materiality having been acknowledged by the witness...

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