Manzini v. State

Petitioner Nicolas Manzini seeks a writ of prohibition to prevent his continued prosecution on a charge of second degree grand theft brought under section 812.014(2)(b)l., Florida Statutes (2005). According to the State, petitioner, an attorney who represented a criminal defendant in a fraud case, failed to return monies entrusted to him by his client to use as restitution as part of plea negotiations.

Petitioner allegedly withdrew monies exceeding the amount of the check given to him by the complaining witness sometime between February 28 and April 28, 2006. The original information in…