STATE v. BURKETT

No. 76-695.

344 So.2d 868 (1977)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Jesse O. BURKETT et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied April 20, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee and Charles Corces, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellant.

E.G. Couse of Grace, Falbey & Couse, Fort Myers, for Burkett.

Wilbur C. Smith, III, Smith & Carta, Fort Myers, for Van Lawrence and Darby.


McNULTY, Judge.

The information filed herein charging appellees with conspiracy to tamper with a witness was dismissed for vagueness. We reverse.

The information alleged that Jesse O. Burkett, Paul Van Lawrence, and Charles Darby, in Lee County,

"[D]id unlawfully, feloniously, and intentionally agree, conspire, combine or confederate to commit tampering with witness, inasmuch as the above defendants between September 9, 1975 and September 23, 1975...

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