MOORE v. STATE

No. 2D99-4207.

787 So.2d 71 (2001)

Elijah MOORE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied April 27, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Allyn M. Giambalvo, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Wendy Buffington, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


NORTHCUTT, Judge.

We reverse Elijah Moore's convictions and sentences for attempted arson of a dwelling and possession of a fire bomb because the evidence was insufficient to sustain them.

Early one evening in August 1998, Moore visited the home of his employer, James Woods, to discuss his pay. About an hour and a half after Moore left, Woods observed a fire in the vicinity of his driveway. He went to his front door and saw Moore holding a bottle, bent over...

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