5D02-508 Hale v. State

State: Florida

Court: Florida Fifth District Court

Docket No: 5D02-508

Case Date: 01/20/2003

Preview:IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT JANUARY TERM 2003

DARRELL WAYNE HALE, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. / Opinion Filed January 24, 2003 Appeal from the Circuit Court for Osceola County, Margaret T. Waller, Judge. James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Susan A. Fagan, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant. Charlie Crist, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Patrick W. Krechowski, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee. GRIFFIN, J. Appellant, Darrell Wayne Hale ["Hale"], appeals his judgment and sentence. He raises three issues, none of which was raised at trial, and which are argued on appeal to be "fundamental error." Hale first complains that he is entitled to a judgment of acquittal on the charge of giving false verification of ownership to a pawnbroker, in violation of section 539.001(8)(b)8, Florida Statutes (2000). This statute is found within the statute called "Pawnbroker Transaction Form," and details the information which must be contained on the CASE NO. 5D02-508

form a pawnbroker must complete at the time of a pawn transaction. It provides that certain information must be contained on the front of the form, including: A statement that the pledgor or seller of the item represents and warrants that it is not stolen, that it has no liens or encumbrances against it, and that the pledgor or seller is the rightful owner of the goods and has the right to enter into the transaction.

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