Legal Opinion
Currie v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided October 6, 1992No. 91-2250PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
605 So.2d 971 (1992)
Jack Thomas CURRIE, Appellant,
v.
The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 91-2250.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
October 6, 1992.
Robert Augustus Harper, Tallahassee, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Consuelo Maingot, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
Before HUBBART, COPE and GODERICH, JJ.
2Per curiam
Where an inmate escapes from prison and is not found for two years, plainly the State could not serve him with a capias for the crime of escape until defendant was recaptured. The two-year delay between the filing of the information for escape and the service…
3Cases cited2 opinions
- Fleming v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1988
- Burnett v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1992
4Cited by3 opinions
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- Newman v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1998