Nickerson v. State

MINER, CHARLES E., Jr., Associate Judge.

In this appeal, Nickerson challenges his conviction and enhanced sentence for attempted possession of a firearm by a con*763victed felon. He contends that the state failed to prove a prior felony conviction, that the trial court erred in allowing evidence of the nature of the prior conviction, and that the court improperly denied his requested jury instruction clarifying the definition of “possession” of a firearm. We affirm.

Nickerson’s first two contentions have been laid to rest by the Florida Supreme Court in Parker v. State, 408 So.2d 1037 (Fla.1982),…