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GASKINS v. STATE

No. AA-290.

347 So.2d 474 (1977)

George Wilbur GASKINS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

June 30, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Cooper, Douglass & Powell, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Richard L. Wilson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

MILLS, Acting Chief Judge.

A jury found Gaskins guilty of forging and uttering three state pay warrants. He appeals contending the trial court erred in denying his motion for judgment of acquittal. We agree.

The State failed to prove that Gaskins signed the warrants. Its handwriting expert was unable to state that Gaskins signed the warrants. Although Gaskins' fingerprints and palmprints were found on the warrants...

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