STATE v. WILLIAMS

No. 4D99-2677.

776 So.2d 1066 (2001)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Derrick WILLIAMS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

February 7, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Douglas J. Glaid, Assistant Attorney General, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Margaret Good-Earnest, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


GROSS, J.

The state timely appeals an order granting Derrick Williams's renewed motion for judgment of acquittal.1 We affirm, holding that because the unlawful use of the automobile in this case was not a distinct offense separate from the carjacking that occurred the night before, appellant's flight from the police in the stolen car twenty-four hours after the carjacking did not bring this...

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