Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1990

Goodpaster v. State

Goodpaster v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided July 5, 1990 · Cowart, Griffin, Orfinger
564 So. 2d 1152; 1990 Fla. App. LEXIS 4710; 15 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D 1749 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Goodpaster v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.

COWART, J., and ORFINGER, M., Associate Judge, concur. GRIFFIN, J., concurs specially with an opinion.

Concurring Opinion

GRIFFIN, Judge,

concurring specially.

Appellant was charged with violation of section 713.34(3), Florida Statutes (1985), fraudulent misuse of construction funds. The evidence at trial revealed that appellant (falsely) signed a lien waiver affidavit to obtain the first construction draw from the lender. He then sent a post-dated check to his concrete supplier without expressly designating that the payment was *1153to be applied to the job for which he obtained the money. The supplier applied the payment to another older account. Appellant claimed that when he learned of the materialman’s action, he sought to have the supplier change the payment allocation; the supplier denied it. Disregarding the statutory presumption because the state disclaimed reliance upon it, the evidence is just barely adequate to support this conviction.

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