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YOUNG v. STATE

No. 81-1219.

424 So.2d 960 (1983)

Ronald YOUNG, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

January 11, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lyons & Farrar, Miami, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Diane Zimmer Leeds, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BARKDULL, J., and KAPNER, LEWIS, Associate Judge.

PER CURIAM.

We conclude that the only evidence at the trial which was admissible against the defendant-appellant, his own statement, was insufficient as a matter of law to justify the jury finding that he was guilty of the crime of false imprisonment. Sec. 787.02, Fla. Stat. (1979); see A.Y.G. v. State, 414 So.2d 1158 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982); Perez v. State, 390 So.2d 85 (Fla. 3d DCA...

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