Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1988

State v. Jones

State v. Jones
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided July 19, 1988 · Baskin, Ferguson, Hubbart
528 So. 2d 126; 13 Fla. L. Weekly 1701; 1988 Fla. App. LEXIS 3120; 1988 WL 73567 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

State v. Jones

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

The State of Florida contends that the trial judge erred in granting appellee Jones’ sworn motion to dismiss the charge of manslaughter by operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. We agree and reverse.

The state had filed a traverse specifically denying material facts alleged in the motion to dismiss. Even though, for the purposes of the motion to dismiss the defendant adopted the facts stated in the traverse, Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.190(c)(4) mandates denial. The facts stated in the defendant’s sworn motion to dismiss, as modified by the state’s traverse, are sufficient to establish a prima facie case of DWI manslaughter. § 316.1931(2)(c), Fla.Stat. (1985); see Baker v. State, 377 So.2d 17 (Fla. 1979); State v. Boom, 490 So.2d 1370 (Fla. 2d DCA 1986).

The order dismissing the information is reversed and the cause is remanded for further proceedings.

Reversed and Remanded.

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