Maura v. State

TILLMAN PEARSON, Judge.

The appellant was found guilty, after a non-jury trial in the Criminal Court of Record for Dade County, Florida, of uttering a forged instrument in violation of section 831.02 Florida Statutes, F.S.A. Judgment and sentence were entered, and defendant’s motion for new trial was denied. On this appeal, the appellant urges that the evidence was insufficient to support the conviction. We agree and reverse.

It has been established in Clark v. State, Fla.App. 1959, 114 So.2d 197, 80 A.L.R.2d 261, that a conviction under this section of the statute must be based upon proof…