Desin v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
1Opinion of the Court
ORFINGER, Judge.
Appellant was found guilty by the trial court of possession of burglary tools.1 He contends on appeal that possession of a bolt cutter for the admitted purpose of breaking into a newspaper vending machine which rests out in the open on a public sidewalk cannot violate the subject statute because the act would neither constitute a burglary nor a trespass under Chapter 810, Florida Statutes (1979). Appellant was unsuccessful in asserting this position in the trial court. We affirm.
We agree with appellant that the act of breaking into a vending machine which sits out in the open…
2Cited by1 opinion
- Desin v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1982