Legal Opinion
State v. Wise
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided November 15, 1995No. 94-03411PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
QUINCE, Judge.
The state seeks review of a trial court order granting a motion to dismiss an information based on lack of venue. We reverse because venue is appropriate in either Pinel-las County or Polk County.
Appellee Percell Wise was charged by information filed in Pinellas County, Florida, with forty-three counts of making written threats in violation of section 836.10, Florida Statutes (1991). Wise filed a motion to dismiss the information, alleging the trial court lacked jurisdiction because the threatening letters were written and sent from Avon Park Correctional Institution in Polk…
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