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STATE v. ESCOBEDO

No. 80-1513.

404 So.2d 760 (1981)

The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Jorge ESCOBEDO, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied October 21, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janet Reno, State Atty., and Jerald S. Beer, Asst. State Atty., for appellant.

Solomon & Mendelow and Harold Mendelow, Miami Springs, for appellee.

Before HUBBART, C.J., and BASKIN and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.

HUBBART, Chief Judge.

The central question presented for review by this appeal is whether it is a forgery proscribed by Section 831.01, Florida Statutes (1979), for a person to make a false birth certificate with the name of a fictitious public office affixed thereto with intent to injure or defraud another. We hold that such an act constitutes a forgery of a public record under Section 831.01, Florida Statutes (1979), so long as: (1) the fictitious public office...

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