Case Name: Donald Eugene HARTMAN, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1977-05-25
Citations: 346 So. 2d 1043
Docket Number: No. DD-154
Parties: Donald Eugene HARTMAN, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
Judges: RAWLS, Acting C. J., and SMITH and ERVIN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 346
Pages: 1043–1043

Head Matter:
Donald Eugene HARTMAN, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. DD-154.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
May 25, 1977.
Rehearing Denied June 27, 1977.
Dan R. Warren, Judge & Warren, Dayto-na Beach, for petitioner.
Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and A. S. Johnston, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Defendant petitioned this court for common law writ of certiorari after the Circuit Court of Volusia County affirmed his county court conviction under Section 316.028, Florida Statutes (1975). Were this a direct appeal we would be inclined to reverse on the ground that the state had failed to exclude every reasonable hypothesis except that of defendant's guilt. See State v. Allen, 335 So.2d 823 (Fla.1976). To do so however would necessarily require us to review the weight of evidence. This we may not do on certiorari review. E. g., Dresner v. City of Tallahassee, 164 So.2d 208 (Fla.1964); Awtrey v. City of St. Petersburg, 193 So.2d 468 (Fla. 2nd DCA 1967); Ellis v. State, 202 So.2d 576 (Fla. 1st DCA 1967). The petition for writ of certio-rari is
DENIED.
RAWLS, Acting C. J., and SMITH and ERVIN, JJ., concur.