Case Name: STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Anastasios PATSAS, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2011-05-13
Citations: 60 So. 3d 1152
Docket Number: No. 5D10-2844
Parties: STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Anastasios PATSAS, Appellee.
Judges: SAWAYA, TORPY and EVANDER, JJ, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 60
Pages: 1152–1152

Head Matter:
STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Anastasios PATSAS, Appellee.
No. 5D10-2844.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
May 13, 2011.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Wesley Heidt, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.
No Appearance for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We reverse the trial court's sua sponte order dismissing a 1985 felony charge filed against Anastasios Patsas. The record reflects that the State did not receive notice or an opportunity to be heard prior to the rendition of the order of dismissal. The fundamental requisites of due process of law are notice and the opportunity to be heard. See, e.g., Mullane v. Cent. Hanover Bank & Trust Co., 339 U.S. 306, 314, 70 S.Ct. 652, 94 L.Ed. 865 (1950).
ORDER OF DISMISSAL QUASHED.
SAWAYA, TORPY and EVANDER, JJ, concur.