Murvin v. State

Appellant appeals her final judgment and sentence for second degree murder, contending that the trial court erroneously allowed introduction of her inculpato-ry statement at a time when the corpus delicti of the crime had not yet been established by competent proof. We disagree, finding from our review of the record that the testimony of the state’s firearms expert adequately indicated that the death of appellant’s husband had occurred through the criminal agency of another. See State v. Allen, 335 So.2d 823 (Fla.1976). Similarly, we reject appellant’s contention that she was entitled to a…