State v. Acevedo

This appeal is taken from the trial court’s order granting appellee’s motion to dismiss the information. Appellee was charged with the offenses of aggravated battery with a firearm, aggravated assault with a firearm, two counts of shooting into an occupied dwelling, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He successfully moved to sever the latter count. A jury trial on this count alone resulted in a verdict of not guilty. Asserting the principles of collateral estop-pel, appellee moved to dismiss the remaining charges. The trial court granted the motion, finding that the possession…