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3rd DCA ROUNDUP-SHOUT OUT EDITION

By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

It's that time again. And just to show you that I'm not a hard-hearted man, and that it's not all dollars and cents, we give a personal WELL DONE to assistant public defenders Robert Kalter and Jessica Zaiger Wallace who in Pittman v. State obtained a reversal and DISCHARGE FROM CUSTODY for their client. Pittman was charged with sexual battery and kidnapping. At the start of the trial the prosecutor, apparently somewhat pompously announced that the state would be seeking the lesser included charges of L&L Battery, although she declined the court's invitation to amend the information. Poor decision. The court 2-1 found that the information did not support the facts necessary for the lesser included charge that the jury had returned a verdict on and discharged the defendant...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on September 02, 2009 (boomark / email).