State v. Jimenez

ON MOTION FOR POST-TRIAL RELEASE

DANIEL S. PEARSON, Judge.

Jorge Jimenez, one of several defendants in the above case, has moved this court to order that he be released on his own recognizance pending an appeal by the State of an order granting Jimenez a new trial after the trial court, upon a jury verdict, adjudicated him guilty of trafficking in cocaine in violation of Section 893.135, Florida Statutes (1985). We treat the motion as one to review the trial court’s denial of recognizance release. Fla.R.App.P. 9.140(e)(4). We affirm the trial court’s ruling.

Jimenez claims that he is entitled to…