LONNIE IRVAN SLOAN, APPELLANT,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE.
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The court held that the State failed to present sufficient evidence to support a conviction for possession of burglary tools.
Appellant was convicted of multiple offenses, including possession of burglary tools. He appealed only the burglary tools conviction, arguing the tria…
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Appellant was convicted, after a jury trial, of aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer, resisting a law enforcement officer with violence, battery on a law enforcement officer, possession of burglary tools, and carrying a concealed weapon. On appeal, he challenges only the possession of burglary tools conviction. He contends that the trial court should have granted his motion for judgment of acquittal on that charge. We agree.
To prove the crime of possession of burglary tools,1 the State is required to prove that the defendant (1) intended to commit a burglary or trespass, (2) had in his possession a tool or implement that he intended to use, or allow to be used, in the commission of the burglary or trespass, and (3) did some overt act toward the commission of a burglary or trespass. See Thomas v. State , 531 So.2d 708, 709-10 (Fla. 1988).
*291Here, the State failed to present evidence that Appellant committed a burglary or trespass, attempted to commit a burglary or trespass, or otherwise did some overt act toward the commission of a burglary or trespass. Accordingly, it was error for the trial court to deny Appellant's motion. On remand, the trial court is directed to vacate Appellant's possession of burglary tools conviction and to resentence him accordingly.
REVERSED and REMANDED.
COHEN, C.J. and TORPY and EVANDER, JJ., concur.