Legal Opinion
Shivers v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided February 7, 1992No. 91-1441PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
GOSHORN, Chief Judge.
The issue in this case concerns the constitutional prohibition against successive prosecution and punishment for the same offense.1
Rondell L. Shivers was arrested on January 25, 1991 for trespass after warning.2 When he was brought to the correctional facility for processing, the booking officer found marijuana in Shivers’s shoe. Shivers was promptly arrested for possession of cannabis.3
On February 14, 1991, the State charged Shivers by a two-count information filed in the circuit court with the felony crime of introduction or possession of contraband in a county…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Brown v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Grady v. CorbinSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- State v. OxxDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1982
- Cooper v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1987
- Tessier v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1985
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Turner v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1995