JEROME HICKSON, APPELLANT,

v.

THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Neal v. State, 697 So. 2d 903 (Fla. 2d DCA 1997)
  …bition is an appropriate method by which a criminal defendant who asserts that her prosecution is barred by the statute of limitations may challenge the trial court’s jurisdiction to go forward. Cheffer v. Judge, Division “S”, 15th Judicial Circuit, 614 So. 2d 632 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993). We have jurisdiction. The proceedings against Neal stemmed from her alleged involvement in a motor vehicle accident in Polk County on August 24,1991. At that time she was charged with several criminal traffic offenses, includin…
• State v. Traylor, 77 So. 3d 224 (Fla. 5th DCA 2011)
  …offense, the Legislature obviously gave the State additional time to include prosecution for offenses which might have otherwise been untimely. The same result has been reached in the RICO context. See Cheffer v. Judge, Div. ‘S,’ 15th Judicial Cir., 614 So. 2d 632, 633 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993) (holding RICO prosecution based on predicate acts of trafficking illegal drugs not barred by statute of limitations, although predicate acts were individually barred by four-year statute of limitations, because RICO prosecut…
• Matos v. State, 961 So. 2d 1077 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007)
  …t jurisdiction to proceed because the statute of limitations has expired. Prohibition is a proper method to bring this type of challenge. Pontius v. State, 932 So. 2d 618 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006) (citing Cheffer v. Judge, Div. ‘S’, 15th Judicial Circuit, 614 So. 2d 632 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993)). We grant the petition and direct the dismissal of the charges. This is not a case like those relied on by the trial court and the State which involved the State’s filing of an amended information. See, e.g., Rubin v. State, 3…

Authorities Cited

• Brown v. State, 367 So. 2d 616 (Fla. 1979)
• White v. State, 531 So. 2d 711 (Fla. 1988)