1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. So.2d
  4. 370 So.2d
  5. 370 So.2d 386 (1979)
 

STATE v. TIBBS

No. 78-1598.

370 So.2d 386 (1979)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Delbert Lee TIBBS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied April 25, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and William I. Munsey, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellant.

Louis R. Beller, Miami Beach, and Jerry Paul, Durham, N.C., for appellee.

BOARDMAN, Judge.

Appellee Tibbs' original conviction for rape and first-degree murder was reversed for a new trial by the Supreme Court of Florida. Tibbs v. State, 337 So.2d 788 (Fla. 1976). On remand the trial court concluded that to retry Tibbs would violate the double jeopardy clause of the fifth amendment to the United States Constitution and, therefore, granted his motion to dismiss the indictment against him. This appeal...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases