George v. State

Full title: RICKY B. GEORGE, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District

Date published: Jul 18, 2001

790 So. 2d 1174 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2001)

Opinion

Case No. 2D00-3041

Opinion filed July 18, 2001.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Polk County; Donald G. Jacobsen, Judge.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and A. Victoria Wiggins, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Erica M. Raffel, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.

THREADGILL, Acting Chief Judge.

Ricky B. George appeals his judgment and sentence for providing false information during the attempted purchase of a firearm. We reverse his conviction and sentence pursuant to the State's confession of error conceding that the trial court's denial of Mr. George's motion to dismiss should be reversed. See State v. Watso, 26 Fla. L. Weekly D735 (Fla. 2d DCA Mar. 14, 2001). The conviction is reversed with directions to the trial court to discharge Mr. George.

Reversed and remanded with directions to discharge.

GREEN and SILBERMAN, JJ., Concur.