VILLEGAS v. STATE

No. 95-03415.

696 So.2d 818 (1997)

Merejildo Garcia VILLEGAS a/k/a Hermenegildo Villegas, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

March 12, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and John C. Fisher, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Robert L. Martin, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


PATTERSON, Judge.

Merejildo Garcia Villegas appeals from his judgment and sentence for carrying a concealed firearm. He contends that it was error for the trial court to deny his motion for judgment of acquittal. We agree and reverse.

On November 28, 1995, Detective Kennedy of the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office was a backup officer in a narcotics stakeout. He observed Villegas sitting in his pickup truck conversing with the driver of another vehicle...

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