TOTTA v. STATE

No. 97-4093.

740 So.2d 57 (1999)

Joseph G. TOTTA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied July 14, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Anthony Calvello, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and James J. Carney, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


KLEIN, J.

Appellant and three other inmates were confined in the psychiatric unit of the Broward County Jail. After it was discovered that a metal television stand had been broken off the wall and a window on the stairs in the unit had been smashed, one of the inmates, McKlendon, claimed that the appellant and the others had used the television stand over a period of days to break the window.

Appellant was charged with and convicted of attempted escape. Within...

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