Bowers v. State

Full title: EARL ROBIN BOWERS, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District

Date published: Aug 20, 1982

418 So. 2d 272 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1982)

Opinion

Nos. 81-1003, 81-1004.

June 18, 1982. Rehearings Denied August 20, 1982.

Appeal from Circuit Court, Lee County; Robert T. Shafer, Jr., Judge.

John Oliver Ellis, Jr., and James K. Jenkins of Stroup, Goldstein, Jenkins Pritzker, Atlanta, and Wilbur C. Smith, III, of Smith, Carta Ringsmuth, Fort Myers, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Frank Lester Adams, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

These are companion cases to Beatty v. State, 418 So.2d 271 (Fla. 2d DCA 1982). As in Beatty, we affirm the appellant's conviction for conspiracy but reverse the judgment of guilt under the RICO statute and remand that case for further proceedings.

GRIMES, A.C.J., and OTT and CAMPBELL, JJ., concur.