Monsour v. State

Appellant/cross appellee George Mons-our was convicted of four counts of grand theft, five counts of dealing in stolen property, and one count of making a false statement in automobile documents. The state cross appeals the downward departure of sentence imposed under the 1988 amendment to the Florida Sentencing Guidelines for offenses which occurred prior the enactment of the amendment.

We find no merit to Monsour’s argument that the trial court failed to adequately instruct the jury as to his theory of defense or that the trial court committed fundamental error in directing the jury to use…