District Court of Appeal of Florida

Defendant's conviction for dealing in stolen property and false verification of ownership or false identification given to a pawnbroker is reversed where the trial court abused its discretion in admitting into evidence a lockpick set found when defendant was arrested, two months after the charged crimes allegedly occurred.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/18/2006
• Published 01/18/2006

Judges

• HAZOURI, J.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Marcy K. Allen, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Melanie Dale Surber, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.