Wednesday, March 3, 2004
Stephen Lloyd Osborne v. State of Florida

no. 01-973
Brevard County

Stephen Osborne challenges the Fifth District Court of Appeals' reversal of his case. Initially, the trial court dismissed a petition against Osborne, seeking involuntary commitment under the Jimmy Ryce Act. The trial court dismissed the commitment proceedings because the State failed to bring the case to trial within thirty days of the probable cause finding, as required by state statute. The Fifth District reversed the trial court's ruling. Osborne seeks to have the Fifth District's decision quashed and he challenges the State's ability to initiate an appeal in his case.