State v. Townsend

CANADY, Judge.

The State filed a petition for writ of certiorari seeking review of an order from the circuit court sitting in its appellate capacity. The order determined that the *526two-year statute of limitations period defined in section 775.15, Florida Statutes (1999), applied to the crime of petit theft charged against Beverly J. Townsend. Because we conclude that the circuit court departed from the essential requirements of law by applying the incorrect statute of limitations, we grant the State’s petition for writ of certiorari.

Townsend was charged by information on October 27, 1999, with…