ASHLEY v. STATE

No. 85-2193.

493 So.2d 1079 (1986)

Norris ASHLEY, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

September 9, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Long & Knox and Harold Long, Jr., Miami, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Richard L. Kaplan and Steven Scott, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and DANIEL S. PEARSON and JORGENSON, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

We reverse the defendant's conviction for possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and remand the cause to the trial court with directions to vacate its denial of the defendant's motion in arrest of judgment and to discharge the defendant. We hold that the jury's verdict acquitting the defendant of robbery, the felony underlying the possession charge, precluded it from returning a guilty verdict...

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