TURNER v. STATE

No. 87-03159.

560 So.2d 1342 (1990)

Scott E. TURNER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

May 4, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Stephen Krosschell, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Stephen A. Baker, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


PATTERSON, Judge.

By this appeal, Scott Turner presents us with two issues: whether the trial court erred in denying his motion for judgment of acquittal of grand theft, and whether it erred in failing to hold an adequate competency hearing before trial. Because we hold as a matter of law that the evidence was insufficient to support Turner's conviction, we reverse and remand for entry of a judgment of acquittal and decline to address the competency hearing issue...

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