STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLANT,
v.
LILLIAN RUTHIE BATEMAN A/K/A LILLIAN MILLER BATEMAN, APPELLEE

Fla. 4th DCA | 1967-02-03
No. 836
WALDEN, C. J., ANDREWS, J., and WILLSON, J. H., Associate Judge, concur.
194 So. 2d 626 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fourth District (1967)

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Synopsis

The State of Florida appealed an order quashing an information charging a defendant with possessing lottery tickets after a prior conviction for a lottery violation. The appellate court reversed the order, finding it was based on an incorrect legal premise.


Holding

The appellate court held that the trial court erred in quashing the information.


Key Quotes

“The order is reversed on the authority of State v. Curtis, Fla.App.1963, 152 So. 2d 754 (cert. denied, Fla.1963, 155 So. 2d 693); State v. Fernandez, Fla.App.1963, 156 So. 2d 400; Buchanan v. State ex rel. Morris, Fla.App.1964, 167 So. 2d 43; Wyche v. State, Fla.App.1965, 178 So. 2d 875, and remanded to the court below for disposition on the merits.”

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Facts & Procedural History

The State of Florida filed an information charging Lillian Ruthie Bateman with possessing lottery tickets. This charge was based on a prior conviction…

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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

The State of Florida has appealed from an order quashing an information in which it was charged that appellee

“ * * * having previously been convicted, adjudicated guilty and sentenced for a violation of F.S. 849.09(1) (h) [F. S.A.] on February 13, 1963, to wit: Lottery Law Violation; did then and there unlawfully have in her possession certain tickets in a lottery for money * * *■”

The order is reversed on the authority of State v. Curtis, Fla.App.1963, 152 So.2d 754 (cert. denied, Fla.1963, 155 So.2d 693); State v. Fernandez, Fla.App.1963, 156 So.2d 400; Buchanan v. State ex rel. Morris, Fla.App.1964, 167 So.2d 43; Wyche v. State, Fla.App.1965, 178 So.2d 875, and remanded to the court below for disposition on the merits.

WALDEN, C. J., ANDREWS, J., and WILLSON, J. H., Associate Judge, concur.


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