DeFRIEST v. STATE

No. AV-220.

453 So.2d 133 (1984)

Mark DeFRIEST, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

July 12, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Allen, Public Defender, Charlene V. Edwards, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Wallace Allbritton, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


MILLS, Judge.

DeFriest appeals from convictions and sentences for inmate possession of contraband. He contends the trial court erred in refusing to give a requested jury instruction and in denying motions for judgment of acquittal. We affirm.

DeFriest, an inmate at the Florida State Prison, was confined to a one-man cell. On 30 December 1982, authorities searched the cell. They found a knife hidden in a shoe. They also found seven live rounds of .22 caliber...

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