Legal Opinion

Morffy v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided October 25, 1988No. 86-619PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NESBITT, Judge.

Morffy was convicted for conspiracy to traffic in cocaine with a firearm, attempted robbery without a firearm, possession of a controlled substance without a firearm, and resisting an officer with violence. Morffy urges that the dispositive point on appeal is that he was tried upon an unsworn information. We agree and reverse.

Through counsel, Morffy timely filed a motion to dismiss the information, pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.190(c), on the ground that the assistant state attorney who signed the information was not sworn at the time. The uncontro-verted…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Champlin v. CochranSupreme Court of Florida · 1960
  2. Dobson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1983

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. State v. MandellDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1992
  2. Ferguson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1999

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