LONGVAL v. STATE

No. 4D05-222.

914 So.2d 1098 (2005)

Michelle LONGVAL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

November 30, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Tatjana Ostapoff, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Melanie Dale Surber, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


GROSS, J.

We reverse a conviction of grand theft because the trial court did not instruct the jury on the defense of abandonment or renunciation, which the defense timely requested.

Along with her boyfriend, Anthony Hile, appellant Michelle Longval was charged with grand theft of merchandise from Wal-Mart. Hile pleaded guilty and completed his sentence by the time Longval went to trial.

At trial, the state offered a videotape in evidence. On the tape...

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