STATE v. TAYLOR

No. 87-2036.

537 So.2d 1091 (1989)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Gary Richard TAYLOR and Roy Allen Falin, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied February 22, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Robert S. Jaegers, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Paul Stark, Plantation, for appellee-Taylor.

Edward M. Kay of Kay and Bogenschutz, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellee-Falin.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant, State of Florida, appeals an order dismissing a criminal information against appellees, defendants below, on the basis of prosecutorial and police misconduct. While we can understand the trial court's frustration with the state's conduct, we are compelled to conclude that dismissal of the information was an abuse of discretion and, therefore, to reverse. A summary of the relevant events, culminating in the trial court's order dismissing the...

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