VAN GOTUM v. STATE

No. 89-02927.

569 So.2d 773 (1990)

Paul Joseph VAN GOTUM, Sr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied November 16, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy E. Black and Marisa T. Mendez of Black & Furci, P.A., Miami, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Katherine V. Blanco, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


ALTENBERND, Judge.

Paul Joseph Van Gotum, Sr., appeals his convictions for kidnapping, grand theft, and aggravated battery. We affirm his grant theft and aggravated battery convictions without discussion. We also affirm his kidnapping conviction despite an error in the jury instructions concerning that offense. In light of the factual determinations essential to the jury's verdict on grand theft, the error in the instructions concerning kidnapping did not affect the...

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