Legal Opinion

Butler v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided September 21, 1984No. 82-2240Published

1Opinion of the Court

HOBSON, Acting Chief Judge.

Appellant was charged with violation of the RICO statute and three counts of conspiracy to traffic in cannabis. He ultimately was found and adjudicated guilty on all four charges.

Appellant argues, and we agree, that his RICO conviction must be reversed because the state’s information against him was identical to the ones we held legally insufficient in Gillen v. State, 421 So.2d 1089 (Fla. 2d DCA 1982); Whitehead v. State, 421 So.2d 1089 (Fla. 2d DCA 1982); Beatty v. State, 418 So.2d 271 (Fla. 2d DCA 1982); Bowers v. State, 418 So.2d 272 (Fla. 2d *546DCA 1982); and Long…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Beatty v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1982
  2. Bowers v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1982
  3. Long v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1982
  4. Long v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1982

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