Brown v. State

Brown appeals his conviction for petit larceny under Section 812.014(2)(c), Florida Statutes (1977) under which his crime was punishable as a third degree felony because of two prior petit larceny convictions. Brown argues that the reading of the information containing references to the prior convictions and the proof of these convictions offered at trial, constituted fundamental error and that, therefore, although objection was not made in the trial court the appellate court should reverse. We disagree.

In State v. Harris, 356 So.2d 315 (Fla.1978) the Supreme Court, in considering the…