Legal Opinion · Concurrence

Demarco v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided July 5, 2000No. 3D99-467Published

1ConcurrenceSorondo, J.

I agree with the majority opinion that on remand, it is appropriate to allow the state, whose traverse was legally sufficient at the time it was filed, to amend the same to include the additional facts it failed to *1231include based on this Court’s previous holding in State v. Blanco, 432 So.2d 633 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983). I write separately only to observe that even if this Court were to reverse without such a provision, the state would still be at liberty to refile the charges, if, as it claims, the additional evidence is such as would clearly establish the legal sufficiency of its charges, and the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Camp v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1974
  2. State v. BlancoDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1983
  3. State v. GellisDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1979
  4. State v. CarterDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1984

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