Figone v. Downey

James Figone petitions this court for a writ of prohibition to bar further proceedings by the circuit court of the Sixth Judicial Circuit in and for Pasco County, where Figone is charged with violation of community control.1 We grant the petition.

On September 2, 1988, Figone was sentenced to thirty months in prison for defrauding an insurance company.2 Figone filed a timely notice of appeal and that case remains pending. Figone v. State, No. 88-2812. On December 27, 1988, this court received a voluntary dismissal which, pursuant to our requirement in criminal cases, was signed by both…