Hall Approved Free Access to American Case Law
Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1998

Jones v. State

Jones v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided February 18, 1998 · Barbara, Karlan, Pariente, Sandy, Stone
705 So. 2d 148; 1998 Fla. App. LEXIS 1368; 1998 WL 64030 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Jones v. State

Opinion of the Court

KARLAN, SANDY, Associate Judge.

Appellant appeals the trial court’s denial of his motion for judgment of acquittal. Appellant was convicted of grand theft for stealing property from K-Mart. However, there was no testimony from a K-Mart employee that there were any items missing from inventory. Rather, the State’s circumstantial evidence was that the merchandise was found in Appellant’s car without any customer receipt. This circumstantial evidence was insufficient to negate Appellant’s reasonable hypothesis of innocence. See State v. Law, 559 So.2d 187 (Fla. 1989). Accordingly, Appellant’s conviction is reversed.

REVERSED.

STONE, C.J., and PARIENTE, BARBARA J., Associate Judge, concur.

Case-law data current through December 31, 2025. Source: CourtListener bulk data.

↑