DOWNING v. STATE

No. 91-811.

593 So.2d 607 (1992)

Loretta DOWNING, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

February 14, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary A. Poe of Gary A. Poe & Associates, P.A., Inverness, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee and Rebecca R. Wall, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.


HARRIS, Judge.

Loretta Downing, a 65-year-old woman living alone in her mobile home, was burning trash in her back yard when the fire escaped and destroyed her neighbor's storage shed. Unknown to Downing, the neighbors had recently stored $14,500 worth of property in that shed. This property was also destroyed.

Downing pled guilty to a second degree misdemeanor1 because she "knowingly set fire to a trash pit and allowed said fire...

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