Legal Opinion

State v. Bentley

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided July 27, 1955PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

81 So.2d 750 (1955)

STATE of Florida, Appellant,

v.

James BENTLEY and Mathew Rivers, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Florida. Division B.

July 27, 1955.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and Bart L. Cohen, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.

Daniel F. Hubsch, Jacksonville, for appellees.

THORNAL, Justice.

The State appeals from an order of the Judge of the Criminal Court of Record for Duval County granting a motion to quash an information charging the appellees, Bentley and Rivers, with the larceny of a bull. The motion was grounded on a claim of former jeopardy.

On March 1, 1955, an information was filed against…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State v. AndersSupreme Court of Florida · 1952
  2. Driggers v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1939
  3. State v. CootnerSupreme Court of Florida · 1952

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. State v. BeamonSupreme Court of Florida · 1974
  2. T. R. v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1978
  3. Frank Mars v. The Honorable Marvin U. MountsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
  4. State v. KatzSupreme Court of Florida · 1981
  5. State v. MayorDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1980

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