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Smith v. State

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LEVERETT DUANE SMITH, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. Case No. 5D07-2078. District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District. Opinion filed May 30, 2008 Appeal from the Circuit Court for Orange County, Charles N. Prather, Judge. James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Noel A. Pelella, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant. Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and L. Charlene Matthews, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee. COHEN, J. The issue on appeal is whether the trial court abused its discretion in denying the appellant’s motion for continuance. We find it did not and affirm. Appellant, Leverett Smith, was charged with DUI manslaughter, vehicular homicide, and driving while license suspended causing serious bodily injury or death, stemming from an accident that occurred on August 10, 2003...continue to full post

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