STATE v. SNIPES

No. AO-239.

433 So.2d 653 (1983)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Leroy Webster SNIPES, Jr., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

June 27, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David P. Gauldin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Harris A. Tobin, Asst. State Atty., Eighth Judicial Circuit, Lake Butler, for appellant.

Daniel T. O'Connell, of O'Connell & Hulslander, Gainesville, for appellee.


ZEHMER, Judge.

The issue in this case is whether a perjury charge may be dismissed on the grounds of recantation when the alleged perjurer recants his false statement after two innocent persons are arrested and charged with arson.

On May 3, 1982, an assistant state attorney took sworn testimony from the defendant to determine whether there was probable cause to file an information and arrest certain individuals suspected of arson of a school building. Defendant...

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