HAYWARD v. STATE

No. 98-04367.

746 So.2d 591 (1999)

Donald L. HAYWARD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

December 29, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis J. Rehak, Fort Myers, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Jonathan Hurley, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


NORTHCUTT, Judge.

A jury found Donald Hayward guilty of grand theft of an automobile.1 He contends the evidence was not sufficient to support his conviction and that the circuit court should have granted his motion for judgment of acquittal. We agree and reverse.

At trial, the State presented two witnesses. Donald Turner, a salesman at La-Belle Dodge, testified that on October 30, 1997, Hayward agreed to buy a new pickup truck...

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