Dowling v. State

ALLEN, Judge.

Appellant timely files this appeal from a jury verdict and judgment of guilty to the charge of possession of a pistol by a convicted felon.

Appellant’s only point of contention is that the appellee failed to prove that appellant was a convicted felon. The appellee at the trial introduced the testimony of Mr. Lawrence Diehl, an officer of the Braden-ton Police Department.

Mr. Diehl testified that in April, 1964, he arrested and charged the appellant with the breaking and entering with intent to commit a misdemeanor of the Blue Lantern Cafe in Bradenton. Mr. Diehl identified the…