STEVENS v. STATE

No. 95-2359.

680 So.2d 569 (1996)

Sammy E. STEVENS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

August 12, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo A. Thomas of Levin, Middlebrooks, Mabie, Thomas, Mayes & Mitchell, P.A., Pensacola, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and William J. Bakstran, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


ALLEN, Judge.

The appellant challenges his conviction for grand theft of an automobile. He argues that his post-trial motion for judgment of acquittal should have been granted because the state did not prove that a written demand for return of the leased automobile was made, as required by section 812.014(3), Florida Statutes (1993). We agree and reverse.

Section 812.014(3), a subsection of the theft statute, provides...

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