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STATE v. PHILLIPS

No. 93-01614.

642 So.2d 18 (1994)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Billy T. PHILLIPS and Tommy Rex Priest, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied September 9, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Christopher M. Sierra, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellant.

Anthony F. Gonzalez, Tampa, for appellee, Billy T. Phillips.

Howard J. Shifke, Tampa, for appellee, Tommy Rex Priest.

PATTERSON, Judge.

The state appeals from the trial court's order which dismisses an information against the appellees, Billy T. Phillips and Tommy Rex Priest, on the basis of prosecutorial vindictiveness. We reverse.

On May 22, 1992, Phillips and Priest were charged in a single information with organized fraud and ten counts of commercial bribe receiving. The charges emanated from Phillips' and Priest's employment...

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