Legal Opinion

Burkett v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided January 15, 1988No. BS-286PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

518 So.2d 1363 (1988)

William Lee BURKETT, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. BS-286.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

January 15, 1988.

William R. Slaughter, II, of Slaughter and Slaughter, Live Oak, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Kenneth Muszynski, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.

BARFIELD, Judge.

William Lee Burkett appeals his conviction for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, asserting that he did not know he was a convicted felon at the time he possessed the firearm. We affirm.

Section 790.23, Florida Statutes (1985),…

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2Cases cited53 opinions

  1. Lewis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  2. State v. BrownOregon Supreme Court · 1972
  3. McCrae v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1981
  4. United States v. Walter David TallmadgeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
  5. United States v. John Anthony OliverCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Castillo v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1991
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  4. STATE, DEPT. OF HWY. SAFETY v. DegrossiDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1996
  5. United States v. LesterDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 1991

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