Case Name: K.P., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2017-11-17
Citations: 230 So. 3d 608
Docket Number: Case No. 2D16-3652
Parties: K.P., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: NORTHCUTT, BLACK, and SALARIO, JJ., Concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 230
Pages: 608–609

Head Matter:
K.P., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Case No. 2D16-3652
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Opinion filed November 17, 2017.
Howard L. Dimmig, II, Public Defender, and Robert D. Rosen, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Kiersten E. Jensen, Assistant Attorney General, -Tampai for Appel-lee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
K.P. appeals from the disposition order withholding adjudication but finding him guilty of petit theft and burglary of a conveyance. The State's case rested upon the inference in section 812.022, Florida Statutes (2015), that "proof of possession of property recently stolen, unless satisfactorily explained, gives rise to an inference that the person in possession of the property knew or should'have known that the property had been stolen." See § 812.022(2). Because K.P. "satisfactorily explained" his possession of the stolen item with unrefuted testimony, the trial court erred in denying the motion for judgment of dismissal. We therefore reverse and remand for entry of a judgment of dismissal.
NORTHCUTT, BLACK, and SALARIO, JJ., Concur.