Case ID: so2d_371/html/0106-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Patrick STOCKTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
    No. JJ-38.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
    Oct. 11, 1978.
    
      Timothy D. Harley of Williams, Gibson & Harley, Tallahassee, for appellant.
    Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Richard W. Prospect, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.
   PER CURIAM.

Appellant seeks review of his conviction for receiving stolen property, Section 812.-031, Florida Statutes (1975), asserting there was insufficient evidence to show his knowledge of the stolen character of the property. We agree and reverse. The evidence against the appellant was entirely circumstantial and was insufficient to exclude every reasonable hypothesis of innocence. Accordingly, appellant’s conviction is REVERSED with directions that appellant be DISCHARGED.

SMITH, Acting C. J., and MELVIN and BOOTH, JJ., concur.