STATE v. TOWNSEND

No. 2D04-1370.

884 So.2d 525 (2004)

STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Beverly J. TOWNSEND, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

October 13, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Robert J. Krauss, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Petitioner.

Bob Dillinger, Public Defender, and Joy Goodyear, Assistant Public Defender, Clearwater, for Respondent.


CANADY, Judge.

The State filed a petition for writ of certiorari seeking review of an order from the circuit court sitting in its appellate capacity. The order determined that the two-year statute of limitations period defined in section 775.15, Florida Statutes (1999), applied to the crime of petit theft charged against Beverly J. Townsend. Because we conclude that the circuit court departed from the essential requirements...

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