STUART v. STATE

No. 98-2393.

748 So.2d 318 (1999)

Joan STUART, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied January 12, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Barreira, Miami, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Debra Rescigno, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


KLEIN, J.

Appellant was convicted of burglary and petit theft. We find no error in the burglary conviction, but reverse the conviction for petit theft.

Appellant was a nurse who worked at an assisted living facility. Because of thefts, the security manager placed a wallet containing money in a patient's room and hid in a closet with a video camera. The video caught appellant entering the patient's locked room with a key and, while the patient was in the bathroom...

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