HARRISON v. STATE

No. 85-404.

483 So.2d 757 (1986)

Jackie Lee HARRISON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied March 3, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Paul C. Helm, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Peggy A. Quince, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


HALL, Judge.

Jackie Lee Harrison appeals his conviction of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Appellant submits that the state failed to prove the corpus delicti of the crime charged and obtained its conviction solely upon appellant's confession. We agree and accordingly reverse.

Appellant and a companion were apprehended subsequent to an aborted robbery of a gas/convenience store. Testimony of the attendant and her daughter-in-law placed appellant...

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