FOX v. DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH DIST.

No. 73697.

553 So.2d 161 (1989)

Brenda FOX, Petitioner, v. DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH DISTRICT, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

November 30, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender and Louis G. Carres, Asst. Public Defender, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, West Palm Beach, for petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Joan Fowler, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for respondent.


McDONALD, Justice.

Brenda Fox seeks a writ of prohibition from this Court to prevent review of her sentence in the district court. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(7), Fla. Const. We grant the writ of prohibition and direct the district court to dismiss the appeal because the state did not file it in a timely manner.

Fox pled guilty to second-degree murder in 1988. The trial court sentenced her to seven years' imprisonment, a downward departure from...

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