WIGGS v. STATE

No. 2D09-4515.

53 So.3d 384 (2011)

James WIGGS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

January 28, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Wiggs , pro se.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Danilo Cruz-Carino , Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


MORRIS, Judge.

James Wiggs appeals the nonsummary denial of his motion filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. On appeal, he contends his counsel was ineffective for failing to recognize that the State had no other evidence beyond his confession to prove the crime of throwing a deadly missile. Wiggs asserts that the State would have been unable to prove the corpus delicti of the crime and that if he had been made aware of this fact, he would not...

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