Legal Opinion

Jones v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided November 1, 1988No. Nos. 88-526, 88-371PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Per curiam

This is an appeal by the defendant Larry Jones from a judgment of conviction and sentence for burglary of an unoccupied building and third-degree grand theft. The defendant presents two points on appeal, neither of which represent reversible error. We, accordingly, affirm.

First, although the point is far from frivolous as the state maintains, we conclude that, in balance, sufficient circumstantial evidence was adduced below to establish that the defendant was a “lookout” for a codefendant who broke into the house herein and committed the charged theft. See T.J.T. v. State, 460 So.2d 508, 510…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Sullivan v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1974
  2. Pack v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1980
  3. T.J.T. v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1984
  4. Stanley v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1978
  5. Jefferson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1974

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Fernandez-Carballo v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1991
  2. A.M. v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1990
  3. Lindeman v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1990

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