State v. Garcia

This petition is brought to review circuit court orders dismissing appeals from county court orders, which dismiss charges for driving under the influence.

On April 5, 1991, five county court judges issued a consolidated order setting forth the procedure to be followed in cases where a motion to dismiss was filed for failure of the City of Miami Police Department to videotape DUI suspects. After each hearing on a motion to dismiss, a notation was made, either on the disposition sheet in the court file or on the jacket of the file, that the charges had been dismissed. No notice of court action…