HUNTER v. STATE

No. 75-165.

358 So.2d 557 (1978)

Michael HUNTER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied May 31, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew I. Friedrich, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Basil S. Diamond, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


ALDERMAN, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction and sentence of life imprisonment for murder in the first degree. The determinative issue is whether the information filed against the defendant was sufficient to evoke the jurisdiction of the circuit court to try the defendant for first degree murder. We hold that it was not and reverse.1

The offense was committed on July 6, 1972; eighteen days before the effective date...

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