MEDINA v. STATE

No. 98-3739.

748 So.2d 360 (2000)

Digna Rose MEDINA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

January 5, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Marcy K. Allen, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Robert R. Wheeler, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


KLEIN, J.

Appellant was convicted of aggravated assault with an automobile. We reverse and remand for a new trial because the trial court abused its discretion in denying her motion for continuance.

The incident giving rise to the charges occurred in a mobile home park in which there had been prior confrontations between drivers and teenagers riding bicycles. The park had been constructed as an adult community with no sidewalks, and children rode their bicycles...

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