State v. Everett

DANIEL S. PEARSON, Judge.

The question before us on this appeal is whether the circuit court had jurisdiction over the defendant, who was charged by means of an information captioned “GRAND THEFT SECOND DEGREE 812.014 FEL.,” where the body of the information contained no statement concerning the value of the property alleged to have been stolen.1 Concluding that the circuit court had jurisdiction and that, therefore, the defendant was in jeopardy once the trial on said information began, we affirm the trial court’s ruling that the State’s nolle prosequi of this information during trial barred…