STATE OF FLORIDA
v.
EDMUND ALEXANDER JONES

Fla. 6th DCA | 2025-08-22
No. 2023-3605
Weiss, J., Gannam, J., Lambert, B.D., White, J.
2025 FL 7325 Florida District Court of Appeal, Sixth District (2025)

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Holding

The trial court's dismissal of the Information was reversed and the case was remanded for further proceedings consistent with the court's opinion in State v. Herard.


Facts & Procedural History

Edmund Alexander Jones was charged in Orange County Circuit Court. The trial court dismissed the Information.…

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Per_curiam
Per Curiam

SIXTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL

STATE OF FLORIDA

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Case No. 6D2023-3605 Lower Tribunal No. 2022-CF-013168-O _____________________________

STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellant, v. EDMUND ALEXANDER JONES, Appellee. _____________________________

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Orange County. Kevin B. Weiss, Judge.

August 22, 2025

PER CURIAM.

For the reasons stated in State v. Herard, 50 Fla. L. Weekly D1822 (Fla. 6th DCA Aug. 15, 2025), we reverse the trial court’s dismissal of the Information in this case and remand for further proceedings consistent with our opinion in Herard. REVERSED and REMANDED. GANNAM, J., and LAMBERT, B.D., Associate Judge, concur. WHITE, J., concurs in part, dissents in part, with opinion.

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NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING

AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF TIMELY FILED

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WHITE, J., concurring in part, dissenting in part. I concur in part, dissent in part, for the reasons expressed in State v. Herard, 50 Fla. L. Weekly D1822 (Fla. 6th DCA Aug. 15, 2025) (White, J., concurring in part, dissenting in part), and would affirm the trial court’s dismissal of the Information in this case.1 _____________________________

James Uthmeier, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Richard A. Pallas, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Blair Allen, Public Defender, and Maureen E. Surber, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellee.

Footnotes
1 Under the circumstances, I decline to adopt the majority opinion in Herard. See Normandy Ins. Co. v. Bouayad, 372 So. 3d 671, 695–99 (Fla. 1st DCA 2023) (Tanenbaum, J., concurring in the denial of rehearing en banc).

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