STATE v. NICHOLSON

No. 4D01-3238.

819 So.2d 908 (2002)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Donna Lynn NICHOLSON, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

June 19, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Melynda Melear, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Sophia Letts, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


HAZOURI, J.

After a jury trial in which appellee, Donna Lynn Nicholson, was convicted of possession of cocaine, the trial court granted appellee a new trial. The state has appealed this order and argues that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to consider this motion for new trial as it was untimely. We agree and reverse.

The jury rendered its verdict against appellee on July 10, 2001. On July 18, 2001, appellee timely filed a motion for judgment notwithstanding...

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