Golden v. State

629 So.2d 109 (1993)

Andrew Lee GOLDEN, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 78982.

Supreme Court of Florida.

November 10, 1993.

Rehearing Denied January 5, 1994.

Gwendolyn Spivey, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Mary Leontakianakos, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.

Andrew Lee Golden appeals his conviction of first-degree murder and sentence of death. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. Because we find that the state did not prove an element of the corpus delicti, i.e., death through the criminal agency of another, we vacate…