Sealey v. State

Lucius SEALEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided January 30, 1980.

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1980-01-30

Cited by 7 later decisions — most recently September 1995

7 state decisions

Relies on 354 So. 2d 952 - Greer v. State · 358 So. 2d 217 - DeGeorge v. State · 371 So. 2d 1043 - Tobler v. State

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Decided 1980-01-30

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¶1Jack O. Johnson, Public Defender, and P. Douglas Brinkmeyer, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.

¶2Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Michael J. Kotler, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

¶3PER CURIAM.

¶4Affirmed. We agree with the decisions of the First, Third, and Fourth District Courts of Appeal that Section 810.011(1), *431 Florida Statutes, extends the application of curtilage to the area surrounding any building, not just a dwelling, for purposes of defining a burglary. Tobler v. State,371 So.2d 1043 (Fla. 1st DCA 1979); DeGeorge v. State,358 So.2d 217 (Fla. 4th DCA 1978); Greer v. State,354 So.2d 952 (Fla. 3d DCA 1978).

¶5GRIMES, C.J., and SCHEB and OTT, JJ., concur.