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Dawson v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Aug 9, 2011
66 So. 3d 1077 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2011)

Opinion

No. 1D10–1943.

2011-08-9

Keith DAWSON, Appellant,v.STATE of Florida, Appellee.


An appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval County. Mallory D. Cooper, Judge.Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Gail E. Anderson, Assistant Public Defender, Office of the Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Therese A. Savona, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.PER CURIAM.

Defendant Keith Dawson appeals his convictions for dealing in stolen property and false verification of ownership on a pawnbroker transaction form. He contends that the trial court erred in instructing the jury on the inference arising from selling property below fair market value. The instruction given accurately states the law, but there is no evidence in the record

of the fair market value. We are compelled by our prior decision in a nearly identical case to find that this was error. See, Barfield v. State, 613 So.2d 507, 508 (Fla. 1st DCA 1993). Because we are unable to say the error was harmless, we reverse.

REVERSED.

PADOVANO, LEWIS, and THOMAS, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Dawson v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Aug 9, 2011
66 So. 3d 1077 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2011)
Case details for

Dawson v. State

Case Details

Full title:Keith DAWSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District

Date published: Aug 9, 2011

Citations

66 So. 3d 1077 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2011)

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