JOHNSON v. STATE

No. 89-02650.

569 So.2d 872 (1990)

Aubrey Lee JOHNSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

November 9, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Megan Olson, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Katherine V. Blanco, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


PARKER, Judge.

Of the two issues Aubrey Johnson raises in this appeal, we find merit in that portion of his appeal which challenges the judgment against him for possession of cocaine with intent to sell. Johnson argues that the state failed to establish the corpus delicti for the crime and that his confession should not have been admitted during trial. We agree.

Although Johnson's testimony disputes that of the arresting officers, the officers testified that...

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