STATE v. ALVAREZ

No. 3D00-2522.

776 So.2d 1060 (2001)

The STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Luis ALVAREZ, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

February 7, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Jill K. Traina, Assistant Attorney General, for petitioner.

Laurie D. Hall, for respondent.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and SORONDO and RAMIREZ, JJ.


SORONDO, J.

The State of Florida petitions for writ of certiorari to quash an order of the circuit court in its appellate capacity reversing the convictions of Luis Alvarez and ordering a new trial. We grant the petition and quash the opinion of the circuit court.

On September 20, 1998, Alvarez was stopped by a deputy sheriff for driving a motorcycle at 115 m.p.h. in a 50 m.p.h. zone. Alvarez told the deputy that he was Apollo Alvarez (his brother). The deputy...

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