Lutz v. State

While the appellant was on probation for crimes not at issue in this appeal, the State charged him with new substantive offenses: one count of felony petit theft and one count of dealing in stolen property. §§ 812.014(l)(a)-(b), (3)(a), (c); 812.019(1), Fla. Stat. (2008). At the trial, the court read the standard jury instructions concerning theft and dealing in stolen property and informed the jury that a finding of guilty or not guilty as to one crime must not affect its verdict as to the other charged crime. The defense announced it was satisfied with the instructions as read. The jury…