Mercer v. Musleh

HARRIS, Judge.

Because this is a pure Agee issue, we grant the petition for writ of prohibition. William C. Mercer was arrested on these charges on March 1, 1993 and the information was filed on March 22, 1993. After Mr. Mercer was convicted for a similar offense and sentenced to life in prison, the State elected to file a nolle prosequi in the pending action. These charges were thus dismissed on January 27, 1994.

On June 9, 1995, because of a violation of the statute of limitations, this court reversed the conviction in the similar action which had been relied on by the State in dismissing the…