Legal Opinion

State v. Burnison

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided September 30, 1983No. 83-98PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

438 So.2d 538 (1983)

STATE of Florida, Appellant,

v.

Terry Lee BURNISON, Appellee.

No. 83-98.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

September 30, 1983.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee and Frank Lester Adams, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellant.

David J. Kurland, Clearwater, for appellee.

RYDER, Judge.

The state challenges the trial court's order granting appellee's motion to dismiss one count of an information after the state failed to timely file its traverse. We reverse because the dismissal was too severe a sanction in this case.

Terry Lee Burnison was charged with…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. State v. SmithDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1977
  2. State v. KingDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1979
  3. State v. PerezDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1980
  4. State v. OliverDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1975
  5. State v. BanksDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1982

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. State v. VixamarDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1997
  2. State v. SawyerDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1988
  3. State v. RyanDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1987
  4. State v. PizzagalliDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1991
  5. Tapanes v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1987

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