Redford v. State

Full title: ARTHUR REDFORD, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District

Date published: Sep 6, 1984

455 So. 2d 595 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1984)

Opinion

No. 83-937.

September 6, 1984.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Putnam County, Robert R. Perry, J.

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Larry B. Henderson, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Richard B. Martell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

The credibility of a defendant and the reasonableness of his explanation for his possession of recently stolen property (§ 812.022(2), Fla. Stat.) is a question of fact for the jury. Leslie v. State, 35 Fla. 171, 17 So. 555 (1895); Ridley v. State, 407 So.2d 1000 (Fla. 5th DCA 1981). See also Teague v. State, 390 So.2d 405 (Fla. 5th DCA 1980).

AFFIRMED.

FRANK D. UPCHURCH Jr., SHARP and COWART, JJ., concur.