380 So. 2d 1191
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided March 12, 1980
District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1980-03-12
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Decided 1980-03-12
Cited by 5 later decisions — most recently March 2012
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¶1This is an appeal from a conviction of willfully failing to appear in court. Sec. 843.15(1) Fla.Stat. (1979). Because the evidence is unrefuted that the accused was not notified to appear, we must deem the failure to appear to be not willful and thus not a crime. Because we must reverse the conviction of the Appellant for the reasons above, we do not need to discuss the issue of ineffectiveness of counsel.
¶2REVERSED.