STATE v. GAVIN

No. 80-100.

389 So.2d 338 (1980)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. James Christopher GAVIN, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

October 22, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Satz, State's Atty., and Patti Englander, Asst. State's Atty., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Raymond M. Windsor of Bernstein & Windsor, P.A., Coconut Grove, for appellee.


LETTS, Chief Judge.

We are concerned here with a trial judge's dismissal of an information which charged the defendant with battery upon a law enforcement officer while engaged in the lawful performance of his duties contrary to Section 784.07(2)(b), Florida Statutes (1977). We reverse.

The stated reason for the dismissal was the failure of the information to allege with specificity the lawful duties which the officer was performing. We find this ruling to...

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