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Bowens v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District
Feb 16, 1972
258 So. 2d 23 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1972)

Opinion

No. 70-820.

February 16, 1972.

Appeal from the Court of Record, Lee County, William Lamar Rose, J.

Walter R. Talley, Public Defender, and D. Turner Matthews, Asst. Public Defender, Bradenton, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Warren H. Petersen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


Appellant Jimmie Bowens was informed against in the Court of Record for Lee County charged with the sale of narcotic drugs, to-wit: marijuana. Upon trial by a jury he was found guilty as charged and, upon being accordingly adjudged guilty by the Court, he was sentenced to ten years imprisonment in the State Prison. Upon denial of motion for new trial duly filed, he has taken a direct appeal to this Court. His assignments of error raised substantially only the question as to sufficiency of the evidence to convict.

In the brief filed in this Court in his behalf by Court-appointed counsel, it is stated that "the evidence appears to be abundant for a jury to have reached the conclusion that the Appellant was guilty of the crime charged", and that for such reason counsel "requests that he be allowed to withdraw as Attorney of Record", citing Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493. After said brief was filed, this Court on July 20, 1971 entered order granting Bowens thirty days therefrom within which to file an additional brief in his own behalf as he might be advised. No such further brief has been filed.

Notwithstanding, we have carefully considered and examined the entire record filed here and find it abundantly sufficient to sustain the judgment of conviction entered. Accordingly, the judgment appealed is —

Affirmed.

HOBSON and McNULTY, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Bowens v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District
Feb 16, 1972
258 So. 2d 23 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1972)
Case details for

Bowens v. State

Case Details

Full title:JIMMIE BOWENS, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District

Date published: Feb 16, 1972

Citations

258 So. 2d 23 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1972)