STATE v. DUGAN

No. 87109.

685 So.2d 1210 (1996)

STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. David DUGAN and Noyes Green Burroughs, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied December 10, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Georgina Jimenez-Orosa, Bureau Chief, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Sarah B. Mayer, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for Petitioner.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Cherry Grant, Assistant Public Defender, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, West Palm Beach, for Respondents.


WELLS, Justice.

We have for review a decision certifying the following question certified to be of great public importance:

DOES CHAPTER 397.705, FLORIDA STATUTES, AUTHORIZE A TRIAL COURT TO DISMISS CHARGES AGAINST A DEFENDANT UPON HIS COMPLETION OF A SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAM OVER OBJECTION BY THE STATE?

State v. Dugan, 665 So.2d 1064, 1065 (Fla. 4th DCA 1995) (motion for rehearing and motion for certification...

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