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Arthur REDFORD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
    No. 83-937.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
    Sept. 6, 1984.
    
      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., Day-tona 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.