Florida/Georgia Personal Injury & Workers Compensation

...ution. [2] Section 812.014(1) was enacted by the 1977 legislature as part of the overall revision of the criminal statutes relating to theft and stolen property. Ch. 77-342, § 4, Laws of Fla. As indicated by its title, the Florida Anti-Fencing Act (Section 812.005, Florida Statutes (1977)), one object of this legislation was to expand the larceny statute to reach "fencing" of stolen goods and attempted larceny....

...Roush contends these two rulings were in error. At the outset, it should be noted that the instant case presents this Court with no problem of statutory construction. To buttress this conclusion, several observations are in order relative to the scope of the Florida Anti-Fencing Act, sections 812.005-812.037, Florida Statutes (1977 & Supp....

...The face of the statute demonstrates an ambiguity requiring judicial construction. While the literal language of the statute is susceptible of application to all forms of the new broadly defined crime of theft, the act of which section 812.035 is a part is denominated "The Florida Anti-Fencing Act." § 812.005, Fla....

...The office shall have *369 such power only when any such offense is occurring, or has occurred, in two or more judicial circuits as part of a related transaction, or when any such offense is connected with an organized criminal conspiracy affecting two or more judicial circuits. Section 812.005, Florida Statutes (1995) provides that sections 812.012-812.037, which include grand theft, the offense with which Snyder was charged, shall be known as the Florida Anti-Fencing Act....