Scott v. State

Chester Lemar Scott appeals his judgment and sentence for conspiracy to traffic in cocaine over 400 grams,1 raising a single issue relating to the authority of the Office of Statewide Prosecution (“OSP”) to prosecute him for the offense which, he contends, occurred only in Marion County. He argues that the trial court should have granted his oral motion to dismiss, made at trial, when the State failed to present evidence of any action taken in furtherance of the crime charged in the information outside of Marion County and within the date range charged in the information. We affirm based upon…