Shelden v. State

NORTHCUTT, Judge.

A jury convicted Dennis Shelden of shooting within or into a building, a second-degree felony. See § 790.19, Fla. Stat. (2007). But the trial court erred by permitting evidence of Shelden’s statements over defense counsel’s objection that the State had not proved the corpus delicti. Accordingly, we reverse.

The State presented two witnesses at Shelden’s trial. One was a sheriffs deputy who testified that he responded to a call about a shooting at Shelden’s home. Inside the home, he saw seven bullet holes in a wall and shell casings on the floor. One or more of the bullets had…