McLaughlin v. State

SILBERMAN, Judge.

Marie Ann McLaughlin appeals the order withholding adjudication and imposing only court costs as her sentence for grand theft motor vehicle and battery on a law enforcement officer. The trial court should have granted McLaughlin’s motion to dismiss because the State had not commenced the prosecution within the statute of limitations. Thus, we reverse the trial court’s order withholding adjudication and imposing court costs and remand for the trial court to dismiss the charges.

McLaughlin was arrested for the third-degree felonies of grand theft motor vehicle and battery on a…