Legal Opinion
Festa v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided May 10, 2006No. 4D06-279PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
927 So.2d 1049 (2006)
Ronald FESTA, Petitioner,
v.
STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 4D06-279.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
May 10, 2006.
Garrett Elsinger, Fort Lauderdale, for petitioner.
Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, and Diane F. Medley, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for respondent.
FARMER, J.
Defendant petitions for a writ of prohibition against being retried on a charge of child abuse, arguing that his exoneration on appeal from an earlier conviction bars any further trial. We agree, grant the writ and discharge him. In so doing, we find…
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- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Florida · 1992
- State v. GibsonSupreme Court of Florida · 1996
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