NORTHCUTT, Judge.
A jury convicted Dennis Shelden of shooting within or into a building, a second-degree felony. See § 790.19, Fla. Stat. (2007). But the trial court erred by permitting evidence of Shelden's statements over defense counsel's objection that the State had not proved the corpus delicti. Accordingly, we reverse.
The State presented two witnesses at Shelden's trial. One was a sheriff's deputy who testified that he responded to a call...
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