Wednesday, January 9, 2002
Richard Bryant Weddell v. State of Florida

no. 01-751

Bay County


Weddell was tried and convicted of dealing in stolen property taken from Eastern Shipbuilders, Inc. The judge sentenced him as a habitual felony offender to 25 years in prison. On appeal, the First District affirmed Weddell's conviction but also ruled that a standard jury instruction was not legally correct. Weddell now challenges the validity of his conviction, while the State challenges the ruling on the jury instruction.