Jenkins v. State

The defendant, Bennie Jenkins, appeals his convictions for grand theft of a firearm and obtaining property by worthless check. Because the defendant failed to address his appellate arguments concerning the grand theft of a firearm charge to the trial court in a motion for judgment of acquittal, he did not preserve the issue for appellate review. See Hardman v. State, 584 So.2d 649 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991); Johnson v. State, 478 So.2d 885 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985), appeal dismissed, 488 So.2d 830 (Fla.1986); see generally, Steinhorst v. State, 412 So.2d 332 (Fla.1982) (holding specific legal ground must…