STATE v. WINTON

No. 87-1930.

522 So.2d 463 (1988)

The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. The Honorable Arthur WINTON, County Judge of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, in and for Dade County, Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

March 15, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Richard L. Polin, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.

John H. Lipinski, Sy Gaer, Miami, for appellee.

Before NESBITT, DANIEL S. PEARSON and JORGENSON, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from an order of the circuit court denying the State's petition for writ of prohibition or mandamus which sought to prevent the appellee, a judge of the county court, from acting in excess of his jurisdiction by placing a criminal defendant in a pretrial intervention program without the consent of the State. Concluding that the State's petition should have been granted, we reverse.

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