Brown v. State

ON MOTION TO DISMISS

DAUKSCH, Chief Judge.

This is before us on a motion to dismiss a criminal appeal. The motion was filed when the attorney general found out that appellant had escaped from prison. After receiving the motion we ordered appellant, through her counsel, to show cause why the appeal should not be dismissed. Appellant responded by saying, essentially, that although she had escaped, she was now back in prison and awaits her prosecution for the escape. She does not want her appeal dismissed and cites Marshall v. State, 344 So.2d 646 (Fla.2d DCA), cert. denied, 853 So.2d 679…