Case Name: STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Harry JONES, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1975-04-25
Citations: 312 So. 2d 483
Docket Number: No. 74-1339
Parties: STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Harry JONES, Appellee.
Judges: DOWNEY and MAGER, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 312
Pages: 483–483

Head Matter:
STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Harry JONES, Appellee.
No. 74-1339.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
April 25, 1975.
Rehearing Denied May 30, 1975.
David H. Bludworth, State’s Atty., and Harold Jeffrey Cohen and Louis M. Silber, Asst. State’s Attys., West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Edward W. Starr, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We have reviewed the briefs and record in this cause and conclude the trial judge erred in dismissing the indictment under which appellant is charged.
In our opinion the indictment, while not a model for future reference, is not so vague, indistinct and indefinite as to mislead the accused and embarrass him in the preparation of his defense or expose him to substantial danger of a new prosecution for the same offense after conviction or acquittal of this charge. Of course that is the standard for testing the charging document as provided in Rule 3.140(g), RCrP.
Accordingly, the order appealed from is reversed and the cause is remanded for further proceedings.
DOWNEY and MAGER, JJ., concur.
WALDEN, J., dissents, with opinion.