Lawson v. State

OPINION

BAKER, J.

Appellant-defendant Tyler Lawson appeals his convictions for Ilegal Possession of Aleohol 1 and Ilegal Consumption of Alcohol, 2 both class C misdemeanors. Specifically, Lawson argues that the trial court erred when it allowed a police officer to testify that Lawson admitted that he was eighteen years of age. Moreover, Lawson claims that the corpus delicti rule was not satisfied because no evidence of his age-other than his admission-was presented. Additionally, Lawson claims that the trial court erred in admitting the police officer's statements about the labels on the two…