STEIL v. STATE

No. 4D06-3296.

974 So.2d 589 (2008)

Casey STEIL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

February 20, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Michael Antinori, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and August A. Bonavita, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


KLEIN, J.

Appellant was convicted of aggravated fleeing or eluding an officer, a second degree felony, and argues that the trial judge should have granted his motion for judgment of acquittal. We agree and reverse for his conviction to be reduced to simple fleeing or eluding, a third degree felony.

Section 316.1935, Florida Statutes (2005) defines the more serious crime, the second degree felony, in subsection (3):

Any person who willfully flees or...

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