Carstens v. State

Full title: ROBERT CARSTENS, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Jul 6, 1994

638 So. 2d 630 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994)

Opinion

No. 93-1815.

July 6, 1994.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Broward County; Sheldon M. Schapiro, Judge.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Cherry Grant, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and John Tiedemann, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Appellant having died while his appeal was pending, we hereby permanently abate the prosecution of his case ab initio in the trial and appellate courts. McCall v. State, 605 So.2d 602 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992).

GUNTHER, FARMER and KLEIN, JJ., concur.