POWELL v. STATE (2021)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Anthony Darnell POWELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

NO. 1D20-0820

Decided: January 27, 2021

Jessica J. Yeary, Public Defender, and Maria Ines Suber, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Julian E. Markham, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Affirmed. See Manuel v. State, 16 So. 3d 833, 835 (Fla. 1st DCA 2005) (“[D]irect evidence of intent is rare, and intent is usually proven through inference, ‘a trial court should rarely, if ever, grant a motion for judgment of acquittal on the issue of intent.’ ”) (quoting Washington v. State, 737 So. 2d 1208, 1215 (Fla. 1st DCA 1999)).

Per Curiam.

Rowe, Osterhaus, and Long, JJ., concur.

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