WADDY v. STATE

No. 94-3971.

661 So.2d 351 (1995)

Olivia WADDY, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

October 5, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Augustus Harper, Tallahassee, for petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Mark Menser, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for respondent.


PER CURIAM.

Olivia Waddy petitions this court for a writ of prohibition, arguing that further prosecution is barred by the double jeopardy clauses of the state and federal constitutions. She shows that in January 1993 she was tried and convicted by a jury of the offense of attempted first-degree murder. After sentence was imposed, however, the victim died and Ms. Waddy was indicted for the offense of premeditated murder arising from the same factual episode. Her petition...

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