M.L.K. v. State

ZEHMER, Judge.

M.L.K., a juvenile offender, appeals his conviction of dealing in stolen property, section 812.019, Florida Statutes, on two grounds: (1) that the trial court erred in admitting appellant’s incriminating statements in the absence of sufficient independent evidence to establish the corpus de-licti, and (2) that the state failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that appellant intended to participate in the crime. We affirm.

On July 29, 1983, a citizen of Leon County, Bill Lewis, complained to the sheriff’s department that a Shakespear trolling motor he purchased for $300 from…