Williams v. State

The appellant appeals her conviction on the basis that the trial court should not *298have denied her motion to dismiss. The appellant claims that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to convict her where the state failed to serve her with any process within the statute of limitations period, and did not show any due diligence in attempting to locate her for such service. We agree.

Once the jurisdiction of the trial court was challenged by the appellant raising a statute of limitations issue, the state had the burden of establishing that the offense was not barred by the statute of limitations. See…