HORVATH v. STATE

No. 4D16-1719.

217 So.3d 1045 (2017)

Geza HORVATH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

May 3, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout , Public Defender, and Richard B. Greene , Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Luke R. Napodano , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


In this appeal, the trial court gave a jury instruction that possession of recently stolen property, unless satisfactorily explained, gives rise to an inference appellant knew or should have known the property was stolen. We find the trial court gave this instruction in error, and thus, we reverse the two convictions for dealing in stolen...

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