Legal Opinion
Sommers v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided June 26, 1981No. 80-2113PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
404 So.2d 366 (1981)
James Michael SOMMERS, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 80-2113.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
June 26, 1981.
L. Scott Rawnsley of law offices of George J. Schriefer, P.A., Pinellas Park, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Deborah A. Osmond, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.
ON MOTION TO DISMISS
GRIMES, Judge.
On this motion to dismiss, we must consider some troubling details left in the wake of Brown v. State, 376 So.2d 382 (Fla. 1979).
The state charged appellant with the sale and possession of marijuana. He then filed a…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- State v. AshbySupreme Court of Florida · 1971
- Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1979
- James Ewing v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1967
- United States v. Olie Duane Jones, Sr., and Lemuel H. StockmarCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Tiller v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1976
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- Newsome v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1989
- Freeman v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1984
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