Lash v. State

DANIEL S. PEARSON, Judge.

We reverse the trial court’s orders finding Lash guilty and withholding adjudication on five counts of theft by use of false pretenses under Section 812.014, Florida Statutes (1977), and its judgment of conviction for one count of engaging in a scheme to defraud to obtain money by false representations under Section 817.035, Florida Statutes (1977).

The State’s evidence, viewed most favorably to it, was that Lash stated to prospective customers of Hampton Construction, Inc., the company with which he was affiliated, that the company was established in 1955. While in…