Johnson v. State

WALDEN, Chief Judge.

Defendant was convicted of the second degree murder of his wife. He appeals, contending that the corpus delicti was. not established. More particularly, he raises a single point, namely: “Whether the identity of the deceased as the person named in the indictment was established beyond a reasonable doubt?”

We are persuaded after assessment that the question must be answered in the negative and the judgment appealed must be reversed.

As a preface, the case of Freeman v. State, Fla.App.1958, 101 So.2d 887, 888 *493gives us the definition and application of the term corpus delicti…