STATE v. COLEMAN

No. 3D00-3597.

802 So.2d 422 (2001)

The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Atrice COLEMAN, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

December 5, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Richard L. Polin, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and J.C. Elso and Andrew M. Teschner, Special Assistant Public Defenders, for appellant.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., GREEN and SHEVIN, JJ.


SHEVIN, Judge.

The State of Florida appeals an order dismissing count one of the information against Atrice Coleman, charging Coleman with possession of a firearm or weapon on school property pursuant to section 790.115(2)(b), (c), Florida Statutes (2000). We reverse.

Section 790.115(2)(b) prohibits the possession of a knife on school property, and subsection (c) provides that such possession is a third degree felony. Coleman moved to dismiss the possession...

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