STATE v. KOTECKI

No. 2D11-1083.

82 So.3d 1150 (2012)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Keith A. KOTECKI, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

March 9, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Sara Macks , Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellant.

James Marion Moorman , Public Defender, and Clark E. Green , Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellee.


VILLANTI, Judge.

The State appeals the trial court's order dismissing the charge against Keith Kotecki based upon the trial court's belief that Manatee County was the only proper venue. We reverse because Kotecki waived the right to be tried in Manatee County and, therefore, the trial court erred in dismissing the charge against him.

The State originally filed an information in Manatee County charging Kotecki with unlawful sexual activity with a minor. After...

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