Case Name: Thomas Joseph LAVALLEE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1977-02-25
Citations: 351 So. 2d 1048
Docket Number: No. 76-848
Parties: Thomas Joseph LAVALLEE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: MAGER, C. J., and DOWNEY and AN-STEAD, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 351
Pages: 1048–1049

Head Matter:
Thomas Joseph LAVALLEE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 76-848.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Feb. 25, 1977.
Rehearing Denied April 18, 1977.
Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Frank B. Kessler, Asst. Public Defender, and James K. Green, Legal Intern, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Martha G. Madorsky, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Based upon this Court's decision in Prince v. State, 333 So.2d 63 (Fla. 4th D.C.A. 1976), (which was not available to the trial court at the time the proceedings below transpired) the judgment of conviction and sentence of obtaining property by worthless check is reversed, with directions to grant defendant a new trial for failure of the trial court to charge the jury that intent to defraud is an indispensable element of the alleged crime.
REVERSED.
MAGER, C. J., and DOWNEY and AN-STEAD, JJ., concur.
Certiorari denied, Fla., 352 So.2d 175.