Davis v. State

Cory Davis, the defendant, appeals his conviction for robbery with a deadly weapon. He contends that the trial court erred in allowing the case to go forward on an amended information filed on the morning of trial. Because we find that the untimely filing of the amended information was prejudicial, we reverse for a new trial.

The original information alleged in Count One that the defendant had robbed Yolanda Williams with a deadly weapon on *87July 25, 1997, and in Count Two that he had resisted Deputy Sheriff R.P. Crews of the Jacksonville Sheriffs Office, without violence, while the deputy was…