GREEN v. STATE

No. 81-1541.

429 So.2d 58 (1983)

James Dewitt GREEN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

April 5, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Robin H. Greene, Asst. Public Defender, and Lori Barrist, Certified Legal Intern, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Penny Hershoff Brill, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before HENDRY, BARKDULL and BASKIN, JJ.


HENDRY, Judge.

The defendant was charged with second degree murder. After denial of his motion to suppress oral statements and motion to dismiss, the latter predicated on the state's loss of certain evidence, the defendant pled nolo contendere to manslaughter, reserving his right to appeal the denial of those orders. He was then sentenced to five years imprisonment. We affirm.

First, we find sufficient evidence in the record before us from which the trial...

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