STATE v. PARENT

No. 81-957.

408 So.2d 612 (1981)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Kathy PARENT, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied January 13, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Samuel R. Mandelbaum and James S. Purdy, Asst. Attys. Gen., Tampa, for appellant.

John Charles Coleman of Coleman & Coleman, Fort Myers, for appellee.


SCHEB, Chief Judge.

The state challenges the trial court's order dismissing an information on the ground that the delay between the alleged offense and the defendant's arrest prejudiced her preparation of a defense. We have jurisdiction pursuant to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.140(c)(1)(A).

On October 30, 1979, the automobile Kathy Parent was driving was involved in an accident in which Marvin H. Behrens, the driver of the other car, was killed. Patrol...

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