Wilkins v. State

We affirm appellant’s convictions of dealing in stolen property and giving false verification of ownership to a pawnbroker. See §§ 812.019(1), 539.001(8), Fla. Stat. (2007). Various cleaning tools worth over $5,000 were stolen one night from the victim’s business; they were pawned at 2:00 p.m. the next afternoon for $250. At trial, appellant said that he had bought the items at “a swap meet in Lake Worth” for $1,200 in cash. He offered no documentary proof of the purchase.

Along with the statutory presumption, there was sufficient evidence to create a jury question of whether appellant knew or…