JOHNSON v. STATE

No. 1067.

201 So.2d 492 (1967)

Melvin JOHNSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Fourth District.

July 27, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Lavon Ward, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and James T. Carlisle, Asst. Atty. Gen., Vero Beach, for appellee.


WALDEN, Chief Judge.

Defendant was convicted of the second degree murder of his wife. He appeals, contending that the corpus delicti was not established. More particularly, he raises a single point, namely: "Whether the identity of the deceased as the person named in the indictment was established beyond a reasonable doubt?"

We are persuaded after assessment that the question must be answered in the negative and the judgment appealed must be reversed.

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