NICKERSON v. STATE

No. 80-1108.

417 So.2d 762 (1982)

David Levon NICKERSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied August 26, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, West Palm Beach, and Frank B. Kessler, Lake Worth, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Laura R. Morrison, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


MINER, CHARLES E., Jr., Associate Judge.

In this appeal, Nickerson challenges his conviction and enhanced sentence for attempted possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He contends that the state failed to prove a prior felony conviction, that the trial court erred in allowing evidence of the nature of the prior conviction, and that the court improperly denied his requested jury instruction clarifying the definition...

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