State of Florida v. James Thomas

The State seeks certiorari review of an order denying its motion to reconsider the suppression of evidence in its retrial of Respondent, James Thomas. The trial court denied the State’s motion, finding that the law of the case doctrine barred it from reconsidering the suppression ruling. Because the issue presented by the State was not considered or decided during the prior proceedings, the trial court departed from the essential requirements of law when it failed to reach the merits of the State’s motion. Further, as the exclusion of evidence constitutes irreparable harm to the State that…