BROWN v. STATE

No. 4D09-5282.

66 So.3d 1046 (2011)

Randy Lee BROWN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

August 3, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Sue-Ellen Kenny , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


MAY, C.J.

The defendant appeals his conviction and sentence on the charge of possession of cocaine and sale of cocaine within a thousand feet of a school. He argues the trial court erred in denying his motion for continuance on the day trial was set to begin. Under the special circumstances of this case, we agree and reverse.

The State charged the defendant with sale/delivery of cocaine within a thousand feet of a school and possession of cocaine. The defendant...

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