JOHNSON v. STATE

No. 4D10-4025.

93 So.3d 1066 (2012)

Lawrence JOHNSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied August 22, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout , Public Defender, and Tom Wm. Odom , Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Melynda L. Melear , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


GROSS, J.

The main issue we address on this appeal is whether admission of evidence about a gun recovered at the time of a defendant's arrest was error, where the gun was not the one used in the crime charged. We hold that admission of the gun was relevant; it was connected to the homicide charged because it directly corroborated material testimony of a key witness about what happened to the murder weapon.

Lawrence Johnson was convicted of first degree murder...

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