Case Name: The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Ernest PICKENS, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1990-08-28
Citations: 565 So. 2d 913
Docket Number: No. 89-2828
Parties: The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Ernest PICKENS, Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and FERGUSON and COPE, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 565
Pages: 913–913

Head Matter:
The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Ernest PICKENS, Appellee.
No. 89-2828.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Aug. 28, 1990.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Angelica D. Zayas, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Robert Kalter, Asst. Public Defender, for appellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and FERGUSON and COPE, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Pursuant to an oral motion, the trial court reduced the charge of burglary of an unoccupied conveyance to trespass, finding that the defendant had no intent to commit a theft while unlawfully in the vehicle. The defendant concedes here, correctly, that the intent to commit an offense therein, the essential element to the greater offense, is a question of fact to be determined by a jury. See State v. Wise, 464 So.2d 1245 (Fla. 1st DCA), rev. denied, 476 So.2d 676 (Fla.1985) and State v. Cataldo, 539 So.2d 16 (Fla. 2d DCA 1989).
Reversed and remanded.