Case Name: STATE OF FLORIDA v MACDONALD
Court: Florida Circuit Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1988-08-15
Citations: 30 Fla. Supp. 2d 115
Docket Number: Appeal No. 85-113AC (County Court Case No. 84-2309MM10A)
Parties: STATE OF FLORIDA v MACDONALD
Judges: 
Reporter: Florida Supplement Second
Volume: 30
Pages: 115–116

Head Matter:
STATE OF FLORIDA v MACDONALD
Appeal No. 85-113AC (County Court Case No. 84-2309MM10A)
Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County
August 15, 1988
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Michael J. Satz State Attorney and Paul Zacks Assistant State Attorney, for appellant.
Bruce L. Randall for appellee.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
LAWRENCE L. KORDA, Circuit Judge.
The facts of the case follow: The State brought this appeal directly to the 4th D.C.A. from a decision rendered in Broward County Court. This case was briefed and argued before the 4th D.C.A. on October 30, 1985. The 4th D.C.A. rejected jurisdiction and transferred the cause to the appellate jurisdiction of the Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit in and for Broward County, Florida.
Appellee contends that since two years have elapsed since the decision of the 4th D.C.A. and the appellant has filed no appellate brief or other pleadings this cause should be dismissed. The appellants contend that they have complied with all applicable rules and are awaiting the court's decision.
Rule 9.040 Fla. R. App. P. states "if a proceeding is commenced in an inappropriate court, that court shall transfer the cause to an appropriate court." It would thus appear the appellant's contentions are correct. The State Attorney is not required to file another brief in the 17th Judicial Circuit Court.
Therefore, the motion to dismiss the appeal is DENIED.