Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1983

State v. Moore

State v. Moore
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided January 12, 1983 · Anstead, Hersey, Walden
425 So. 2d 1172; 1983 Fla. App. LEXIS 18871 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

State v. Moore

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

The State appeals from an order granting a sworn motion to dismiss. In determining whether the State has shown a prima facie case so as to successfully resist a motion under Rule 3.190(c)(4), Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure, all inferences are resolved against the defendant and the evidence viewed in the light most favorable to the State. State v. Pettis, 397 So.2d 1150 (Fla. 5th DCA 1981). ■ It is to be presumed that the trial court indulged inferences in that manner. Our examination of the motion and the agreed facts (the latter substituting for a state traverse by stipulation of the parties below) lead us to conclude that while we might have permitted the case to go to the jury were that decision ours initially to make, that determination in the present posture of the case would constitute usurpation of the function of the trial court. We therefore affirm.

AFFIRMED.

HERSEY and WALDEN, JJ., concur. ANSTEAD, J., dissents without opinion.

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