State v. Espinoza

The State of Florida seeks certiorari review of a circuit court order that authorizes Leslie Espinoza’s (“Espinoza”) entry into a pretrial intervention program. The State objects to Espinoza’s court-ordered placement into the program without its consent and contends that section 948.08(6)(a), Florida Statutes (2009), does not apply to Espinoza because she was not charged with committing one of the enumerated offenses therein.

Espinoza was charged by information with battery on a law enforcement officer, resisting without violence, and trespass on property other than a structure or conveyance.…