Debra LaFave v. State of Florida

Supreme Court of Florida ____________ No. SC12-2232 ____________ DEBRA LAFAVE, Petitioner, vs. STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent. [October 16, 2014] QUINCE, J. This case is before the Court for review of the decision of the Second District Court of Appeal in State v. LaFave,

113 So. 3d 31

(Fla. 2d DCA 2012). In its decision, the district court ruled upon the following question and certified it to be of great public importance: IN THE ABSENCE OF A STATUTORY RIGHT TO APPEAL, MAY THE STATE SEEK CERTIORARI REVIEW OF AN ORDER TERMINATING PROBATION WHERE IT CAN SHOW THAT THE CIRCUIT COURT DEPARTED FROM…