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HECKARD v. STATE

No. 97-03680.

712 So.2d 1157 (1998)

Patrick Moore HECKARD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

June 12, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, Bartow, and Brad Permar, Assistant Public Defender, Clearwater, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Tonja R. Vickers, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.

QUINCE, Judge.

Patrick Moore Heckard challenges the denial of his petition for writ of prohibition wherein he contested the jurisdiction of the county court. We agree that proper jurisdiction resided in the circuit court and reverse.

Heckard was charged with felony DUI and misdemeanor driving while license suspended. Because the charges were filed in separate informations, jurisdiction for the felony count resided in the circuit court and jurisdiction for...

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