Case Name: STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Donald WADE, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1983-12-02
Citations: 442 So. 2d 309
Docket Number: No. AJ-160
Parties: STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Donald WADE, Appellee.
Judges: ERVIN, C.J., JOANOS, J., and TILLMAN PEARSON (Ret.), Associate Judge, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 442
Pages: 309–310

Head Matter:
STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Donald WADE, Appellee.
No. AJ-160.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Dec. 2, 1983.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Barbara Ann Butler, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jacksonville, for appellant.
Michael E. Allen, Public Defender, and P. Douglas Brinkmeyer, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Understandably relying on a long history of case law requiring of a burglary charge an intent to commit a specific offense, see, e.g., State v. Speights, 417 So.2d 1168 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982), quashed and remanded, 437 So.2d 1387 (1983), the trial court dismissed the burglary charge against appel-lee. Since the trial court's order dismissing this information, however, the Florida Supreme Court has held that a burglary information need only allege the essential element of intent to commit an offense, as does this information. State v. Waters, 436 So.2d 66 (Fla.1983). Accordingly, this cause is REVERSED and REMANDED to the trial court with directions that the information charging appellee with burglary be reinstated.
ERVIN, C.J., JOANOS, J., and TILLMAN PEARSON (Ret.), Associate Judge, concur.