Bailer v. State

Full title: PETER J. BAILER, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Sep 24, 1976

337 So. 2d 415 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1976)

Opinion

No. 75-1782.

September 24, 1976.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Brevard County, Robert B. McGregor and J. William Woodson, JJ.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Daniel T. O'Connell, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Richard P. Zaretsky, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Appellant's conviction of Obtaining Property in Return for Worthless Check, in violation of Section 832.05(3), Florida Statutes (1973), is reversed because of the trial court's refusal to instruct the jury that intent to defraud is an indispensable element of this offense. Prince v. State, 333 So.2d 63 (Fla. 4th DCA 1976).

REVERSED AND REMANDED for a new trial.

MAGER, C.J., ALDERMAN, J., and DURANT, N. JOSEPH, JR., Associate Judge, concur.