Satz v. Runion, 838 So. 2d 689

PER CURIAM.

The State Attorney for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Michael J. Satz, and the State of Florida appeal an order of the criminal circuit court, which granted the defendant‘s motion to enforce a plea agreement and ordered the state attorney to dismiss civil commitment proceedings under the Jimmy Ryce Act. We treat this appeal as a petition for certiorari. State v. Stapleton, 764 So.2d 886 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000); State v. Pettis, 520 So.2d 250 (Fla. 1988).

The trial court‘s order deviated from the essential requirements of the law and will result in irreparable harm. As this Court has recently noted, “any bargain a defendant may strike in a plea agreement in a criminal case could have no bearing on a subsequent involuntary commitment under the Jimmy Ryce Act....” Krischer v. Faris, 838 So.2d 600 at 602 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003) (citing Murray v. Regier, 27 Fla. L. Weekly S1008, ___ So.2d ___, 2002 WL 31728885 (Fla. Dec. 5, 2002)). The petition is granted and the trial court‘s order is quashed.

STEVENSON, GROSS and MAY, JJ., concur.

Case Details

Case Name: Satz v. Runion

Court Name: District Court of Appeal of Florida

Date Published: Mar 5, 2003

Citations: 838 So. 2d 689; 2003 WL 729212; 4D02-3225

Docket Number: 4D02-3225

Court Abbreviation: Fla. Dist. Ct. App.