State v. Whaley

The State argues on appeal that the trial court erred in dismissing the Information, which charged Appellee/Cross-Appellant, Walker Lanier Whaley, with four counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and one count of possession of ammunition by a convicted felon. We reject the State’s argument. Section 790.23(l)(a), Florida Statutes, the statute alleged to have been violated, provides in part that it is unlawful for a convicted felon to possess “any firearm or ammunition.” Moreover, Appellee/Cross-Appel-lant was allegedly in possession of each of the firearms and the ammunition at…