Barket v. State

Following his conviction for receiving stolen property, Samuel Barket appealed to the First District Court of Appeal challenging the validity of former Florida Standard Jury Instruction 2.06, insofar as it allowed the jury to find him guilty without proof of his actual knowledge that property in his possession was stolen.1 The district court affirmed Barket’s conviction and certified its decision to us as having passed upon a question of great public interest.2 We accept jurisdiction under Article V, Section 3(b)(3) of the Florida Constitution.

The district court correctly rejected each of…