DRYSDALE v. STATE

No. 74-548.

325 So.2d 80 (1976)

George W. DRYSDALE, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

January 16, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, Leon St. John and Elliot R. Brooks, Asst. Public Defenders, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Robert B. Breisblatt, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


OWEN, Judge.

Dispositive of this appeal is our conclusion that the State failed to establish the corpus delicti of the crime charged, second degree murder, independently of the defendant's inculpatory extra-judicial statements.

Appellant was charged with the shooting death of one Debra Crawford. He and Miss Crawford, engaged to be married, were living together at the time of the incident in the home of a Mr. Melvin Huntley. At about 1:00 a.m. on September...

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