WINTERS v. JENNE

No. 99-1947.

765 So.2d 54 (1999)

Lachandra WINTERS, Petitioner, v. Ken JENNE, as Sheriff of Broward County, Florida, and State of Florida, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

June 11, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan H. Schreiber, Public Defender, and Ty Terrell, Assistant Public Defender, Ft. Lauderdale, for petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Heidi L. Bettendorf, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for respondents.


PER CURIAM.

Lachandra Winters seeks a writ of habeas corpus, claiming that she was improperly committed to custody after her pretrial bail was revoked. We grant the petition.

Winters failed to appear at her scheduled arraignment. The record reflects that the notice to appear was sent to an address for which there was "no such number."

The court found that Winters' failure to appear was intentional because the police obtained the address from her drivers...

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