S.P.S. v. State

I respectfully dissent and would affirm defendant’s conviction for the crime of grand theft. In Scott v. State, 519 So.2d 734 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988), the accused was charged with grand theft. The only evidence presented by the state to establish the value of the stolen items of clothing were the price tags they bore. This court affirmed the conviction holding that “this evidence was sufficient to support the finding that the goods were worth [more than the threshold for grand theft].” Id. at 734. I believe Scott was correctly decided and its holding is equally applicable to the facts of this…