Debra Lafave, Petitioner v. State of Florida, Respondent

Summary

The Court held that the State could not obtain common-law certiorari review of a final order terminating probation when no statute authorized an appeal from that order. Because the circuit court's order ending probation was final and the State lacked a statutory right to appeal, the district court lacked jurisdiction to review it, regardless of the alleged violation of the plea agreement. Justice Canady, dissenting, would have approved review on the ground that the order was an illegal sentence appealable by the State.