SINGLETON v. STATE

No. 86-1015.

512 So.2d 1159 (1987)

Troy SINGLETON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

September 29, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Beth C. Weitzner, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Margarita Muina Febres, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

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


PER CURIAM.

Contrary to the appellant's sole point on appeal, we find no abuse of discretion in the trial court's directly responding to the jury's simple request for the elements of the charged crime of burglary by stating those elements, along with the presumption of innocence and the state's burden of proof, without also re-reading a previously given instruction concerning the defense of good faith mistake.1 See Engle v. State,<...

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