MODESTE v. STATE

No. 4D08-3658.

28 So.3d 179 (2010)

Alvin MODESTE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

February 17, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Susan D. Cline, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Diane F. Medley, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


LEVINE, J.

Appellant was convicted for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of testosterone. The issues presented are whether the State established a sufficient corpus delicti in order to introduce appellant's admissions and whether the State was permitted to admit appellant's prior convictions. We find both issues to be without merit and affirm the convictions below.

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