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KNIGHTEN v. STATE

No. 90-00045.

568 So.2d 1001 (1990)

John Henry KNIGHTEN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

October 26, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Andrea Norgard, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Carol M. Dittmar, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

John Henry Knighten appeals his conviction and sentence for arson, a violation of section 806.01, Florida Statutes (1987).1 With the exception of that portion of the trial court's order which requires the payment of court costs, we affirm.

Knighten, while incarcerated in the "drunk tank" of the Lake Wales municipal jail, set fire to his shirt. It appears that Knighten may have become enraged when the police did not...

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