CREAMER v. STATE

No. 91-1929.

605 So.2d 541 (1992)

Vernon CREAMER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied October 14, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Lynn A. Williams, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Marilyn McFadden, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.


ALLEN, Judge.

Vernon Creamer appeals from his conviction and sentence for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He argues that the trial court reversibly erred in refusing to instruct the jury that, before they could find him guilty, they were required to find that he "knowingly" possessed the firearm. We agree and reverse.

In Wilcox v. State, 522 So.2d 1062, 1064 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988), the court held that "...

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