State v. Burnett

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that trial court could not sua sponte dismiss charges filed against defendant, as court’s actions were tantamount to entering a nol pros on behalf of state, and decision to nol pros an information is vested solely in the discretion of the state
• highlighting that rules of criminal procedure enumerate grounds for dismissal and trial court's dismissal of charges without valid legal ground was tantamount to a nolle prosequi, an action vested solely in discretion of State

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

3 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Franklin
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2005-05-13· cited 5×
• State v. Mark B. Snook
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-05-21
• State v. Laroche
  Florida Circuit Courts· 1986-12-10

Cites

2 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. Braden
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1979-09-19· cited 20×
• In Interest of SRP
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1981-05-13· cited 6×