STATE v. BUTTS

No. 79-2065.

388 So.2d 317 (1980)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Bernard BUTTS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

September 17, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Satz, State's Atty., Raymond E. Michalak, Asst. State's Atty., Fort Lauderdale, and Walter W. Wood, Asst. to the State's Atty., Tallahassee, for appellant.

Sheldon Golding, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.


GEIGER, DWIGHT L., Associate Judge.

This is an appeal by the State from an information charging appellee with securities fraud. The State contends that the trial court erred in applying the general two year statute of limitations for non-capital crimes instead of the special five year statute of limitations for prosecution of securities violations.

On December 8, 1978, appellee was charged in an eighteen count information...

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