Legal Opinion

Ginn v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided February 5, 2010No. 2D08-5466PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

VILLANTI, Judge.

Billy Dwayne Ginn appeals his convictions and sentences for two counts of uttering a forged document and two counts of grand theft, contending that the trial court should have granted his motion for judgment of acquittal because the State failed to prove that he had the requisite knowledge or intent to commit the charged crimes. We agree, and we reverse and remand for discharge.

Facts

The State charged Ginn with two counts of forgery, two counts of uttering a forged document, and two counts of grand theft based on allegations that he had cashed two forged American Express…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. State v. LawSupreme Court of Florida · 1989
  3. Adams v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1983
  4. Maddox v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1948
  5. Grover v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1991

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Green v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2012
  2. Miller v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2013
  3. Tyrone Randy Johnson, Jr. v. State of FloridaDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2017
  4. Rocker v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2013
  5. Tyrone Randy Johnson, Jr. v. State of FloridaDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2017

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