CAWTHON v. STATE

No. OO-423.

382 So.2d 796 (1980)

Dee Willis CAWTHON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

April 10, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Minerva, Public Defender, Louis G. Carres, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., David P. Gauldin, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


SHIVERS, Judge.

This appeal is from appellant's conviction and sentence of attempting to effect the death of one George Neville by the use of a firearm. We affirm.

Appellant admitted that he committed the offense in both a pretrial taped confession and during his testimony at trial. Under both versions of appellant's story, a J.C. Cotton solicited appellant to kill Mr. Neville and gave him a firearm. In the taped...

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