STATE v. PANICE

No. 85-580.

488 So.2d 656 (1986)

The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Oreste Edward PANICE and Clarence Eddis Bowers, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

May 20, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Julie S. Thornton, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.

Harvey Robbins and Bonnie Phillips Del Corral, North Miami, for appellees.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BASKIN and JORGENSON, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

This criminal case was dismissed because the state supposedly altered evidence and/or committed a discovery violation. These alleged derelictions were not demonstrated even to have existed. See Valenzuela v. State, 426 So.2d 1294 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983). Assuming that they did, dismissal was a wholly inappropriate and excessive sanction. State v. Rodriguez, 483 So.2d 807 ...

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