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JONES v. STATE

No. 85-2493.

495 So.2d 856 (1986)

William JONES, a/K/a Rashad Oliphant, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

October 8, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Musgrove, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Noel A. Pelella, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

ANSTEAD, Judge.

William Jones was convicted by a jury for grand theft. He appeals his conviction, asserting that the trial court erred by denying his motion for judgment of acquittal and by giving the following jury instruction:

Proof of possession of recently stolen property, unless satisfactorily explained, gives rise to an inference that the person in possession of the property knew or should have known that the property had been stolen.

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