WILLIAMS v. STATE

No. 1D03-3192.

876 So.2d 27 (2004)

Don Keanthony WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

May 18, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender and David A. Davis, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Charlie Crist, Attorney General and Shasta W. Kruse, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


BROWNING, J.

Appellant seeks review of his conviction and sentence for failure to appear under section 843.15(1)(a), Fla. Stat. (2003). The state properly concedes error and we reverse.

A conviction under section 843.15(1)(a), Fla. Stat., requires proof of willfulness beyond a reasonable doubt. Lewis v. State, 380 So.2d 1191 (Fla. 5th DCA 1980). The state failed to present any evidence that Appellant willfully failed...

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