Jalbert v. State

SCHWARTZ, Judge.

At a non-jury trial, the defendant was convicted of uttering a forged instrument in violation of § 831.02, Fla.Stat. (1977), and knowingly obtaining money by means of a forged motor vehicle certificate of title, which is forbidden by § 319.33(2), Fla.Stat. (1977). He appeals but we affirm.

This is an unusual criminal case, at least in that the facts are virtually undisputed. Jalbert was in the business of reconditioning and selling automobiles he purchased from salvage dealers. In 1974 he bought a thoroughly wrecked car at auction from an automobile storage company which had…