Trimble v. State

CARROLL, DONALD K., Chief Judge.

The appellant, convicted of the crime of receiving stolen goods, has appealed from the judgment and sentence entered by the Court of Record of Escambia County.

His principal contention on this appeal is that the trial court committed reversible error in overruling his objection to the testimony of a witness concerning portions of a statement made by one Jerry Cotita, an alleged accomplice of the defendant but not a codefendant, which portions had been directly assented to by the defendant.

The witness in question was L. W. Thompson, a special agent of the Florida…