Legal Opinion

A.P. v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided June 29, 2018No. Case No. 2D16–979PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KELLY, Judge.

A.P. appeals from the order finding him guilty of minor in possession of a firearm and felon in possession of a firearm but declining to adjudicate him delinquent. While he raises several issues in this appeal, we need not address each one because we agree with A.P. that the State failed to prove the corpus delicti of the crimes charged and therefore should not have been allowed to introduce his admission into evidence.

The evidence at trial showed that A.P. was driving a car in which his two brothers were passengers when police officers conducted a traffic stop because they…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. State v. AllenSupreme Court of Florida · 1976
  2. J.B. v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1998
  3. Burks v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1993
  4. United States v. Danny ShunkCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1989
  5. Tucker v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1912

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. N.G.S. v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2019
  2. K. T. B. v. STATE OF FLORIDADistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2019
  3. N. G. S. v. STATE OF FLORIDADistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2019
  4. N.G.S. v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2019

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