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LUCAS v. STATE

No. 98-1829.

718 So.2d 905 (1998)

Samuel Merrill LUCAS, Petitioner, v. The STATE of Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

September 23, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Robert Kalter, Assistant Public Defender, for petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Paulette R. Taylor, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.

Before COPE, GODERICH and SHEVIN, JJ.

SHEVIN, Judge.

On Petition for Writ of Prohibition

Samuel Merrill Lucas petitions this court for a writ of prohibition, barring the trial court from proceeding with Lucas's prosecution. Lucas correctly asserts that the statute of limitation has run. We grant prohibition.

On June 11, 1994, Lucas was arrested and charged with several misdemeanor offenses. On November 16, 1994, the state indicated it was going to file an information charging...

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