STATE v. DYER

Nos. 92-00385, 92-01248.

607 So.2d 482 (1992)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Dale DYER and Robert Longboat, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

October 23, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Davis G. Anderson, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellant.

James D. Eckert of Belcher, Fleece & Eckert, St. Petersburg, for appellee Dyer.

Herbert E. Gould, St. Petersburg, for appellee Longboat.


ALTENBERND, Judge.

In these consolidated cases, the state appeals orders dismissing one count of a two-count complaint. In both cases, the defendants were charged with grand theft and financial exploitation of an aged person pursuant to section 415.111(5), Florida Statutes (1991). The trial court dismissed the charge of exploitation. We affirm.

The defendants allegedly have used highpressure sales tactics or fraudulent schemes to convince older people to pay...

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