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JAMES J. JACKSON, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. Case No. 5D07-2634

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JAMES J. JACKSON, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. Case No. 5D07-2634 District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District. Opinion filed December 24, 2008 Appeal from the Circuit Court for Orange County,Bob Leblanc, Judge. James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Susan A. Fagan, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant. Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and L. Charlene Matthews, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee. PALMER, C.J., James Jackson (defendant) appeals his judgment and sentence which were entered by the trial court after a jury found him guilty of committing the crimes of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and carrying a concealed firearm. Determining that the trial court abused its discretion in denying the defendant’s motion for a continuance, we reverse...continue to full post

Full post as published by Florida Criminal Law Opinions on December 24, 2008 (boomark / email).