Smith v. State
Smith v. State
Opinion of the Court
This is an appeal by the defendant John Leon Smith from final judgments of conviction and sentences for attempted burglary, burglary, and battery which were entered below upon his nolo contendere plea in which he specifically reserved for appeal the denial of his sworn motion to dismiss the informations herein under Fla.R.Crim. P. 3.190(c)(4). In support of this dispositive point, the defendant urges on appeal that the trial court erred in denying the motion to dismiss because the undisputed facts before the court established that the defendant was a subtenant and lawful resident of the burglarized apartment.
We disagree and affirm because on this record there is a material disputed fact as to whether the defendant, although previ-, ously a month-to-month subtenant of the said premises, ceased paying rent to the tenant several months prior to the subject burglary incidents and thereafter became a guest of the tenant. The defendant averred in his sworn motion to dismiss that he paid half the monthly rent due on the premises to the tenant and, therefore, had
Given the above-stated material disputed fact, the trial court was eminently correct in denying the defendant’s sworn motion to dismiss under Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.190(c)(4). See State v. Carda, 495 So.2d 912, 914 (Fla. 3d DCA 1986); State v. Alvarez, 403 So.2d 1143, 1144 (Fla. 2d DCA 1981); State v. Bryant, 373 So.2d 708, 709 (Fla. 3d DCA 1979). The final judgments of conviction and sentences under review are therefore, in all respects,
Affirmed.
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