Wright v. State

WANDA WRIGHT, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.

CASE NO. 1D05-3089

COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA, FIRST DISTRICT

January 31, 2007, Opinion Filed

NOTICE: [*1] NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED

PRIOR HISTORY: An appeal from the Circuit Court for Escambia County. Nickolas P. Geeker, Judge.

DISPOSITION: The judgment of conviction and sentence is REVERSED.

COUNSEL: Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Kathleen Stover, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Charlie Crist, Attorney General, and Giselle Lylen Rivera, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

JUDGES: BARFIELD, PADOVANO, and POLSTON, JJ., CONCUR.

OPINION: PER CURIAM.

Wanda Wright was convicted of a violation of section 787.04(4), Florida Statutes, for failing to timely return her children to their father, the custodial parent, following a summer vacation visit outside the state of Florida. The visitation was pursuant to a modified final judgment respecting custody. A final judgment is not “any action or proceeding pending in this state” as required by the statute.

The judgment of conviction and sentence is REVERSED.

BARFIELD, PADOVANO, and POLSTON, JJ., CONCUR.

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