ALLEN v. STATE

No. BE-322.

492 So.2d 802 (1986)

Beverly Jean ALLEN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

August 11, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Allen, Public Defender, P. Douglas Brinkmeyer, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Royall P. Terry, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.


SMITH, Judge.

Beverly Jean Allen, convicted by a jury of first degree murder and armed robbery, appeals her conviction and sentence. The sole ground for reversal is alleged error of the trial court in admitting into evidence, without proper authentication, a transcript of appellant's tape-recorded confession, in the absence of the tape recording itself which was lost by the state. Finding no reversible error, we affirm.

Appellant maintains that while a written...

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