You're invited Oct. 7 to the new Record building Open House. Click here to sign up. To subscribe, call 904.829.6586 Order Home Delivery Online Order or renew daily and Sunday home delivery of the Record for one year. A jury Wednesday found a man guilty on a charge of selling hair wraps on St. George Street last March, but a motion filed by a First Amendment attorney early yesterday adds yet another dimension to the street artist saga.
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A separate street performer ordinance, revised in November, bans musicians and other performers in the same stretch. No other parts of the city are affected. At 9 a.m., before jurors were allowed into the courtroom, Tinlin emerged from his chambers, holding a faxed copy of a five-page motion asking that Garcia's charge be dismissed. The motion, written by First Amendment Attorney David Wasserman of Winter Park, argued that St. Augustine's street vendor ordinance was unconstitutional. Prosecutor Maureen Sullivan Christine, who assisted prosecutor Amy Osteryoung in the case, said she received a copy of the motion when she walked in the door at 8 a.m.