Case Name: Riley MITCHELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1995-07-12
Citations: 657 So. 2d 943
Docket Number: No. 94-00324
Parties: Riley MITCHELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: CAMPBELL and WHATLEY, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 657
Pages: 943–944

Head Matter:
Riley MITCHELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 94-00324.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
July 12, 1995.
James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Julia Diaz, Asst. Public Defender, Bar-tow, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Joseph Hwan-Yul Lee, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

Opinion:
RYDER, Acting Chief Judge.
Riley Mitchell appeals the trial court's denial of his motion for judgment of acquittal on charges of burglary of a structure, possession of burglary tools, petit theft and obstructing or opposing an officer without violence. We agree with the appellant as to the conviction of possession of burglary tools, but otherwise affirm.
The state must prove that the appellant had in his "possession any tool, machine or implement with intent to use the same, or allow the same to be used to commit any burglary or trespass_" § 810.06, Fla. Stat. (1993). The state merely offered an officer's testimony that Mitchell had a pair of socks in his pocket when he was searched. No other evidence was presented to establish that the socks were used in the burglary. Absent other evidence that the socks were used in conjunction with the process of committing a burglary, we must reverse and set aside the conviction for possession of burglary tools. See Green v. State, 604 So.2d 471 (Fla.1992).
We note, however, that without the additional points assessed for the offense of possession of burglary tools, the appellant's guideline sentence drops into the next lower range. Accordingly, we also remand for re-sentencing.
Affirmed in part, reversed in part and remanded.
CAMPBELL and WHATLEY, JJ., concur.