MICHAELS v. SWANSON

No. 81-1277.

403 So.2d 1023 (1981)

Michael Henry MICHAELS, Petitioner, v. Honorable Maynard SWANSON, As Circuit Judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

August 5, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Jagger, Public Defender, Clearwater and Eula Tuttle Mason, Asst. Public Defender, St. Petersburg, for petitioner.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee and Deborah A. Osmond, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for respondent.


HOBSON, Acting Chief Judge.

Petitioner seeks a writ of prohibition to prevent his trial on a charge of aggravated battery, arguing that he was previously placed in jeopardy for the same acts when he was convicted of manslaughter.

Petitioner was charged with the manslaughter of David Trass by striking him and causing him to fall to the ground. Although the information was subsequently amended to contain a second count charging petitioner with the aggravated...

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