Case Name: J.C., A Child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1999-01-08
Citations: 722 So. 2d 982
Docket Number: No. 98-1971
Parties: J.C., A Child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: DAUKSCH and GOSHORN, JJ., and ORFINGER, M., Senior Judge, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 722
Pages: 982–983

Head Matter:
J.C., A Child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 98-1971
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Jan. 8, 1999.
James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Dee Ball, Assistant Public Defender, Dayto-na Beach, for Appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Alfred Washington, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
After the trial court adjudged appellant to be guilty of grand theft of an automobile, his counsel moved for judgment of acquittal on various grounds. The motion was denied. On appeal, appellant now contends that judgment of acquittal was mandated because the state never proved appellant's specific intent to commit the crime. However, the issue now raised was not one of the grounds asserted before the trial court, and thus has not been preserved for appeal. For an issue to be preserved for appeal, it must be pre sented to the lower court and the specific legal argument or ground to be argued on appeal must be part of that presentation if it is to be considered preserved. Archer v. State, 618 So.2d 446, 448 (Fla.1993); Tillman v. State, 471 So.2d 32, 35 (Fla.1985).
AFFIRMED.
DAUKSCH and GOSHORN, JJ., and ORFINGER, M., Senior Judge, concur.