State v. Thomas

Full title: STATE OF FLORIDA, PETITIONER, v. JONTE OSHEA THOMAS, RESPONDENT

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District

Date published: Jul 21, 1995

657 So. 2d 89 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995)

Opinion

No. 95-1150.

July 21, 1995.

Petition for Certiorari Review of Order from the Circuit Court for Brevard County; Lawrence V. Johnston, III, Judge.

Norman R. Wolfinger, State Atty., and David G. Mersch and Julia Lynch, Asst. State Attys., Titusville, for petitioner.

James Russo, Public Defender, and Laura McCarthy, Asst. Public Defender, Melbourne, for respondent.

PER CURIAM.

The petition for writ of certiorari is granted, and the order requiring the eyewitness to attend pretrial line-ups is quashed for lack of a proper showing. See State v. Cobb, 619 So.2d 1056 (Fla. 5th DCA 1993); State v. Kuntsman, 643 So.2d 1172 (Fla. 3d DCA 1994); State v. Ray, 604 So.2d 1249 (Fla. 4th DCA), review denied, 613 So.2d 8 (Fla. 1992).

PETITION GRANTED.

DAUKSCH, GOSHORN and GRIFFIN, JJ., concur.