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PAUL A. SMALL, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee

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DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOURTH DISTRICT January Term 2011 PAUL A. SMALL, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. No. 4D10-844 [February 2, 2011] WARNER, J. In this appeal of the trial court?s denial of appellant?s motion for postconviction relief from his convictions for three counts of grand theft, appellant claims that the convictions are void for lack of jurisdiction of the Office of Statewide Prosecutor. Specifically, he claims that because the information did not allege facts showing that the crimes were committed in two different judicial circuits, the convictions were void. We affirm, holding that the information alleged the necessary allegations of two-circuit involvement. In 2004 appellant was charged with multiple crimes, all being prosecuted by the OSP...continue to full post

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