Raphael Lashun Dorsey v. State of Florida
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledMarch 31, 2021
Docket1D20-0378
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF FLORIDA
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No. 1D20-0378
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RAPHAEL LASHUN DORSEY,
Appellant,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Appellee.
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On appeal from the Circuit Court for Bay County.
Dustin Stephenson, Judge.
March 31, 2021
PER CURIAM.
Mr. Dorsey appeals his convictions for several drug offenses
claiming, among other things, that the evidence presented at trial
was only circumstantial. We reject each of his arguments for
reversal and write only to clarify that the reasonable hypothesis of
innocence standard under which Mr. Dorsey asks us to review the
denial of his motion for judgment of acquittal has been
discontinued by the Florida Supreme Court. Bush v. State, 295 So.
3d 179, 201 (Fla. 2020). The reviewing standard in all cases,
whether they are based on circumstantial evidence or not, is now
whether “a rational trier of fact could have found the existence of
the elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.” Rogers v.
State, 285 So. 3d 872, 891 (Fla. 2019) (quoting Bradley v. State, 787
So. 2d 732, 738 (Fla. 2001)). Because the evidence in this case met
that standard, we affirm.
AFFIRMED.
BILBREY, NORDBY, and LONG, JJ., concur.
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Not final until disposition of any timely and
authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or
9.331.
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Anthony B. Britt of The Britt Law Firm, P.L., Miami, for
Appellant.
Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Sharon Traxler, Assistant
Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.
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