Legal Opinion

Porter v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided October 6, 1978No. 77-1912PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

363 So.2d 41 (1978)

Woodrow D. PORTER, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 77-1912.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

October 6, 1978.

Jack O. Johnson, Public Defender, and P. Douglas Brinkmeyer, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Robert J. Landry, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

GRIMES, Chief Judge.

Appellant was charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and found guilty of attempted possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He now contends that he was convicted of a nonexistent crime.

The…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Silvestri v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1976
  2. State v. ThomasSupreme Court of Florida · 1978
  3. Nichols v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1971
  4. McClam v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1974

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Burney v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1981
  2. Boston v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1982
  3. Thorpe v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1979
  4. Frame v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1980

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