Lopes v. State

309 So.2d 591 (1975)

John Smith LOPES, Jr., Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 74-821.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

March 21, 1975.

James M. McEwen and Robert C. Gibbons of Gibbons, Tucker, McEwen, Smith, Cofer & Taub, Tampa, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Mary Jo M. Gallay, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

BOARDMAN, Judge.

Appellant was charged, tried and convicted of the crime of false imprisonment. Appellant raised two points on appeal which, after hearing oral argument, reading the briefs of the respective parties and…