FALZONE v. STATE

No. 86-9.

496 So.2d 894 (1986)

James T. FALZONE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

October 17, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Webb and J. Larry Hart of Carlson, Meissner, Webb & Crider, P.A., New Port Richey, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Katherine V. Blanco, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


GRIMES, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of grand theft. § 812.014(2)(a), Fla. Stat. (1985). Evidence that he hurriedly spent large sums of money which he reasonably knew had been erroneously placed by the bank in his account was sufficient for a jury to find him guilty. His complaints concerning prosecutorial misconduct have no merit. However, we find it necessary to scrutinize the propriety of his sentence.

The court departed upward from the guidelines...

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