PONTIUS v. STATE

No. 4D06-437.

932 So.2d 618 (2006)

William PONTIUS, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

July 5, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Pontius, Polk City, pro se.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Melanie Dale Surber, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for respondent.


FARMER, J.

Defendant is charged with a failure to redeliver leased property over $300. He seeks a writ of prohibition on the basis that the trial court lacks jurisdiction because the statute of limitations on the offense has run. Prohibition is a proper method to bring this type of challenge. Cheffer v. Judge, Div. `S', 15th Judicial Circuit, 614 So.2d 632 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993). Because the lower court refused to consider his...

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