Defendant’s conviction for committing a criminal offense while released on bail is reversed and remanded where, although the trial court properly denied defendant’s motion to suppress evidence obtained as a result of a vehicle stop, it is unclear from the record whether the prosecution was commenced within applicable limitations periods for the crimes. 

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Filed November 30, 2009

Judges

Opinion by Judge Nicholson

CounselFor Appellant:   Torres & Torres and Steven A. Torres

For Appellee:  Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Stephen G. Herndon and Joseph M. Cook, Deputy Attorneys General

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