BECKFORD v. STATE

No. 4D06-3392.

964 So.2d 793 (2007)

Trace BECKFORD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

September 12, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Alan T. Lipson, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Daniel P. Hyndman, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


HAZOURI, J.

Trace Beckford asserts that the trial court erred in failing to grant his motion for judgment of acquittal because the evidence presented by the state was entirely circumstantial and did not rebut a reasonable hypothesis of innocence. We agree and reverse.

Beckford was charged by information with burglary of an occupied dwelling or structure causing damages in excess of $1,000.00 to a residence located in Plantation, Florida. The residence had...

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