Legal Opinion

Bowen v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided July 16, 1986No. 85-2644PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

LETTS, Judge.

The defendant argues that the trial court erred in adjudicating him guilty of trespass of an occupied conveyance pursuant to section 810.08(2)(b), Florida Statutes (1985). We agree.

The jury was only instructed as to, and in fact only convicted him of, the offense of trespass of a conveyance pursuant to section 810.08(2)(a), which is a lesser-included offense of trespass of an occupied convey-

anee. See Bradley v. State, 378 So.2d 870 (Fla. 2d DCA 1978). As a result, the trial court erred in adjudicating the defendant guilty of the more serious offense. See Miller v. State, 467…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Bradley v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1979
  2. Miller v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1985

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Williams v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1987

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