STATE v. DEAN

No. 93-393.

637 So.2d 355 (1994)

STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. T. Mitchell DEAN, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

June 1, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Amelia L. Beisner, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellant.

John D. O'Brien of O'Brien & Graham, Chartered, Panama City, for appellee.


ALLEN, Judge.

The state petitioned for discretionary review of an order of the county court dismissing an information charging the respondent with driving under the influence (DUI). In its order the county court certified the following question as one of great public importance:

Is prosecution of a criminal traffic offense barred on grounds of double jeopardy because the defendant has paid a fine for a civil traffic infraction and the state, in order to prove...

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