505 So. 2d 628 | Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | 1987
The state appeals from a non-final order granting the defendant’s sworn motion to dismiss under Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.190(c)(4) and denying the state’s motion to strike the defendant’s motion. It is the state’s contention that the motion to dismiss should have been stricken as procedurally defective because the jurat contained in the motion
We also reject the state’s fail-back argument that the motion should have been denied because the state had filed a traverse. The record reflects that the traverse was not timely filed in accordance with the rule “a reasonable time before the hearing on the motion to dismiss,” Fla.R. Crim.P. 3.190(d), but rather, was filed with the court after the commencement of the hearing on the motion to dismiss.
Affirmed.
. The jurat or oath signed by Rodriguez stated that he swore "that the facts contained in the foregoing Motion to Dismiss are true and correct to the best of his knowledge." (Emphasis supplied.)