Legal Opinion

Sloan v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided August 8, 1986No. 86-1765PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

GRIMES, Acting Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from the summary denial of appellant’s motion for postconviction relief.

Appellant was charged with grand theft, use of a firearm during the commission of a felony, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. All three charges were tried together, and the jury convicted appellant as charged. In order to prove pos*800session of a firearm by a convicted felon, the state introduced evidence of a previous felony conviction.

Appellant raised numerous grounds in his motion for postconviction relief but only one may have merit. Appellant alleged that…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. State v. VazquezSupreme Court of Florida · 1982
  2. Craft v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1983

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Sloan v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1987

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