HART v. STATE

No. 97-2900.

761 So.2d 334 (1998)

William S. HART, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

June 24, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick C. Rastatter of Glass & Rastatter, P.A., and Hillard E. Moldof, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Elaine L. Thompson, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


STONE, Chief Judge.

We affirm Appellant's conviction for corruption by threat under section 838.021, Florida Statutes (1997). Appellant argues that the information actually charged Appellant with harming the officer in question, rather than threatening to harm him, and because there was no evidence that Appellant physically harmed the officer, he should have been acquitted. Section 838.021 provides that an accused can be convicted of "corruption by threat" in one...

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