Avrich v. State

CORTINAS, Judge.

The State of Florida (“State”) filed a 37-count criminal information against the defendant. Count 1 charged the defendant with extortion, alleging that the defendant threatened to prevent the victim from trading comic books on eBay and from communicating on the internet, in violation of section 836.05, Florida Statutes (2004). Counts 2-9 charged the defendant with making obscene and harassing telephone calls to the victim where the victim had a reasonable expectation of privacy, in violation of section 365.16(l)(a), Florida Statutes (2004). Counts 10-37 charged the defendant…