Case Name: Danny Benard LOVETT and Harvey Cecil Poe, alias Phillip Michael Jeffers, Appellants, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1980-02-15
Citations: 379 So. 2d 1321
Docket Number: No. OO-257
Parties: Danny Benard LOVETT and Harvey Cecil Poe, alias Phillip Michael Jeffers, Appellants, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: MILLS, C. J., and BOOTH and McCORD, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 379
Pages: 1321–1321

Head Matter:
Danny Benard LOVETT and Harvey Cecil Poe, alias Phillip Michael Jeffers, Appellants, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. OO-257.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Feb. 15, 1980.
Michael J. Minerva, Public Defender and Louis G. Carres, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Miguel A. Olivella, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This cause is before us on appeal from a final judgment for conviction for dealing in stolen property under Florida Statutes, § 812.019. We find that no evidence was presented at trial to establish the "traffics in, or endeavors to traffic in" requirement of § 812.019, as defined in Florida Statutes, § 812.012, as follows:
"Traffic means:
"(a) To sell, transfer, distribute, dispense, or otherwise dispose of property.
"(b) To buy, receive, possess, obtain control of, or use property with the intent to sell, transfer, distribute, dispense, or otherwise dispose of such property."
Accordingly, we must REVERSE the conviction.
MILLS, C. J., and BOOTH and McCORD, JJ., concur.