State v. Wade

Understandably relying on a long history of case law requiring of a burglary charge an intent to commit a specific offense, see, e.g., State v. Speights, 417 So.2d 1168 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982), quashed and remanded, 437 So.2d 1387 (1983), the trial court dismissed the burglary charge against appel-lee. Since the trial court’s order dismissing this information, however, the Florida Supreme Court has held that a burglary information need only allege the essential element of intent to commit an offense, as does this information. State v. Waters, 436 So.2d 66 (Fla.1983). Accordingly, this cause is…