[I still care]

We had a case several years ago in Florida where some teens stole a stop sign, causing a fatal car crash at that corner. They did serious jail time, and the state tried to put them away for murder. I don't remember how that all panned out.

[Newbomb Turk]

We had a case several years ago in Florida where some teens stole a stop sign, causing a fatal car crash at that corner. They did serious jail time, and the state tried to put them away for murder. I don't remember how that all panned out

They got 6 year jail sentances. It was on court TV.(Real funny now Huh)

[Illbay]

Looks like the following:

In May 1997, A jury found Nissa Baillie, 21, her boyfriend Christopher Cole, 20, and their friend Thomas Miller, 20, guilty of grand theft and manslaughter. The three admited they went out on a crime spree, steeling 19 street signs in eastern Hillsborough County, but denied uprooting the stop sign in question. With a case based entirely on circumstantial evidence, prosecutors convinced the jury that the three pulled up the stop sign and left it on the ground.

On February 28, 2001 a Florida appellate court overturned the convictions of Baillie, Cole, and Miller. On March 9, 2001, two of the defendants were granted bail pending the decision by the prosecutor to proceed with a new trial. Only one remains incarcerated on an unrelated drug charge.

The defendants won the appeal on the grounds that, among other things, the jury was tainted by the prosecutions disparaging characterizations of the defandants, incorrect characterization of one witness’ expertise and misquoted testimony.

In May 2001, the case came to an abrupt end when State Attorney Mark Ober dropped manslaughter charges against Baillie, Cole and Miller, rather than take the case to trial a second time.

"Given the opinion of the 2nd District Court of Appeal, and evidence and testimony as it now exists, we are certain we cannot proceed to trial," said Pam Bondi, Ober's spokeswoman.

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