STATE v. MARTINEZ

No. 2D00-3444.

790 So.2d 520 (2001)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Richard MARTINEZ, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

July 6, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Anne Pfeiffer Howe, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellant.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Allyn M. Giambalvo, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellee.


NORTHCUTT, Judge.

The circuit court dismissed charges of burglary and theft against Richard Martinez on the ground that the State did not commence prosecution within the statutory limitations periods. § 775.15, Fla. Stat. (1989).1 The State appeals the dismissal and we reverse.

Martinez was arrested on November 10, 1990, the date of his offenses. The public defender's office was appointed to represent him, and on November...

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