BLACKSHEAR v. STATE

Nos. 4D99-2369, 4D99-2415 and 4D99-2592.

771 So.2d 1199 (2000)

Douglas BLACKSHEAR, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied December 13, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Steven H. Malone, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Marrett W. Hanna, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


WARNER, C.J.

Based upon appellant's constructive possession of a weapon, the court found him guilty of violating probation and sentenced him to consecutive sentences of life imprisonment. He claims that the court erred, because the evidence of constructive possession was insufficient. We affirm the court's findings, as well as the sentence imposed.

In 1993, when appellant was thirteen years old, he committed three robberies with a firearm. The court transferred...

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