Case Name: Isiah THOMAS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1995-05-10
Citations: 655 So. 2d 163
Docket Number: No. 93-3745
Parties: Isiah THOMAS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: HERSEY and POLEN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 655
Pages: 163–164

Head Matter:
Isiah THOMAS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 93-3745.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
May 10, 1995.
Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Louis G. Carres, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Georgina Jimenez-Orosa, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
STEVENSON, Judge.
We affirm appellant's conviction for burglary of a dwelling. We cannot agree that the defendant's self-serving statements concerning his allegedly innocent reasons for breaking and entering into the victim's home in the early hours of the morning are sufficient to impair the statutory presumption created by section 810.07, Florida Statutes (1989), precluding the case from going to the jury. Pui'suant to section 810.07, proof of entering stealthily and without consent is prima facie evidence of entering with the intent to commit an offense. The jury had the opportunity to evaluate the question of defendant's intent or lack thereof to commit an offense based on all of the circumstances of the case. The jury obviously resolved that question adversely to the appellant. Finding no error, we affirm.
HERSEY and POLEN, JJ., concur.