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JACKSON v STATE OF FLORIDA
    Case No. 86-086 AC (County Court Case No. 83327, 9MW)
    Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Appellate Division, Dade County
    May 11, 1987
    APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
    Sheldon L. Gottlieb for appellant.
    Jim Smith, Attorney General, and Mark S. Dunn, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
    Before SALMON, SHAPIRO, DONNER, JJ.
   OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM.

Appellant was found guilty of two offenses—failure to file an accident report and careless driving. No testimony was presented placing the Appellant behind the wheel of the vehicle involved in the subject accident. The sole evidence suggesting Appellant had been at the accident site was his wallet which was found one mile from the scene. This circumstantial evidence is insufficient to support a guilty verdict. Lee v. State, 374 So.2d 1094 (Fla. 4th DCA 1979). Accordingly, the judgment and conviction are reversed.