Carroll v. State

COPE, Judge.

Aloysious Vereen Carroll appeals his conviction for petit theft. We affirm.1

Defendant challenges the legal sufficiency of the evidence. We affirm on authority of Haslem v. State, 391 So.2d 389 (Fla. 2d DCA 1980).

Defendant next argues that the trial court should have granted his requested jury instruction on abandonment. Defendant contends that the evidence showed he had abandoned the theft prior to completing it. He requested an instruction on abandonment, which was refused. We conclude that the trial court was correct.

Florida recognizes the common-law defense of abandonment, also…