Case Name: STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Robert GAGNE, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1996-08-21
Citations: 680 So. 2d 1041
Docket Number: No. 95-2966
Parties: STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Robert GAGNE, Appellee.
Judges: GUNTHER, C.J., and STONE, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 680
Pages: 1041–1041

Head Matter:
STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Robert GAGNE, Appellee.
No. 95-2966.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Aug. 21, 1996.
Rehearing Denied Nov. 1, 1996.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and William A. Spillias, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Kayo Morgan, Fort Lauderdale, for appel-lee.

Opinion:
PARIENTE, Judge.
On the authority of State v. Johnson, 676 So.2d 408 (Fla.1996), we reverse the trial court's order which dismissed the information filed against appellant for aggravated stalking. In Johnson, our supreme court held that double jeopardy does not bar a subsequent prosecution for aggravated stalking where the defendant had previously been convicted for violating an injunction based on the same conduct. See also Williams v. State, 673 So.2d 486 (Fla.1996). The trial court did not have the benefit of the supreme court's decision in Johnson when it made the determination that the prosecution for aggravated stalking was barred on double jeopardy grounds based on the prior dismissal of the contempt proceedings for violation of an injunction arising from the same conduct.
GUNTHER, C.J., and STONE, J., concur.