Aliyev v. State

835 So.2d 1232 (2003)

Azerkhan R. ALIYEV, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 4D02-574.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

January 29, 2003.

Patrick C. Rastatter of Glass & Rastatter, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Charlie Crist, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and August A. Bonavita, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

STONE, J.

We affirm Azer Khan Aliyev's conviction and sentence for the offense of welfare fraud. We address two issues: whether there was fundamental error in instructing the jury, and whether Aliyev's due process rights were…