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Griffin v. State

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  • 370 So. 2d 860

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  • holding that in prosecution for burglary it was reversible error to give instruction regarding possession of stolen property when evidence did not disclose that defendant was ever in possession of the property
  • holding that erroneous issuance of “possession of recently stolen property” instruction was “highly prejudicial” when the crucial issue was identity of the appellant as one of the participants in the crime
  • \the giving of this charge absent appropriate factual basis in the record is reversible error.\
  • jury instructions must be confined to issues concerning evidence received at trial

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Judges: Per Curiam

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