TOUSSAINT v. STATE

No. 4D99-0492.

755 So.2d 170 (2000)

Elvestre TOUSSAINT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied April 20, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Steven H. Malone, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Gentry Denise Benjamin, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


WARNER, C.J.

This case involved the question of whether the amendment of an information to correct a clerical error that was brought to the attention of both the state and appellant by the court after the close of all of the evidence constitutes a violation of double jeopardy principles. We conclude that it does not and affirm.

The state's information charged as follows: "ELVESTRE TOUSSAINT, a person under eighteen years of age, did unlawfully commit...

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