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O'Sullivan v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Aug 3, 1976
335 So. 2d 869 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1976)

Opinion

No. 75-1549.

August 3, 1976.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Dade County, David Goodhart, J.

Phillip A. Hubbart, Public Defender, and Karen Gottlieb, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Sidney M. Pertnoy, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before PEARSON and NATHAN, JJ., and SACK, MARTIN, Associate Judge.


Appellant, Bernard O'Sullivan, appeals from a judgment and sentence entered after appellant was found guilty in a non-jury trial of buying, receiving or concealing stolen property.

O'Sullivan contends that the trial court erred in finding him guilty because there was insufficient evidence adduced to support the conviction. We do not agree.

The necessary ingredient of the offense of receiving stolen property, knowing it to have been stolen, is knowledge on the receiver's part at the time he receives the thing stolen, that the property is stolen, or of such fact as would put a person of ordinary intelligence and caution on inquiry. Seymour v. State, 246 So.2d 155 (Fla.3d DCA 1971).

It is fundamental that an appellate court does not sit as a trier of fact. Where there are conflicts in the evidence in a non-jury trial, it is within the province of the trial judge to reject any testimony he finds to be untrue and to accept and rely upon that which he finds to be worthy of belief. Hoover v. State, 212 So.2d 95 (Fla.3d DCA 1968). Accord Crum v. State, 172 So.2d 24 (Fla.3d DCA 1965).

The record discloses that the case was fully and fairly tried, and that the judgment is supported by the evidence. No reversible error having been made to appear, the judgment and sentence are affirmed.

Affirmed.


Summaries of

O'Sullivan v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Aug 3, 1976
335 So. 2d 869 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1976)
Case details for

O'Sullivan v. State

Case Details

Full title:BERNARD O'SULLIVAN, APPELLANT, v. THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Aug 3, 1976

Citations

335 So. 2d 869 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1976)

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