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STATE v. CONVERSE

No. 5D10-2615.

78 So.3d 78 (2012)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Samantha CONVERSE, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

January 20, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Megan Saillant , Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

James S. Purdy , Public Defender, and James R. Wulchak , Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

PALMER, J.

The State appeals the trial court's order granting defendant Samantha Converse's motion to dismiss a charge of aggravated battery by a detained person1 on double jeopardy grounds. Determining that Converse's motion to dismiss was legally insufficient, we reverse.

While in prison, Converse threw hot coffee in another inmate's face, causing third-degree burns. As a result of the incident, the Department of Corrections...

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