State v. White

Appellant, State of Florida, appeals from an order granting a motion to dismiss an amended information purporting to charge appellee, Marvin White, with four counts of bookmaking in violation of section 849.-25(1), Florida Statutes (1981). Appellee was charged with taking or receiving bets (on various dates) on professional baseball, football and college football games. The wording of the counts of the information tracked the wording of section 849.25(1). Appellee argues that the decision of this court in State v. Tate, 420 So.2d 116 (Fla. 2d DCA 1982), requires that an information charging…