Johnson v. State

Full title: WESLEY JOHNSON, APPELLANT, v. THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Oct 6, 1992

605 So. 2d 179 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992)

Opinion

No. 91-315.

October 6, 1992.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Dade County; Arthur Rothenberg, Judge.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and John H. Lipinski, Sp. Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Giselle D. Lylen, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before BARKDULL, BASKIN and GODERICH, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See Correll v. State, 523 So.2d 562 (Fla.), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 871, 109 S.Ct. 183, 102 L.Ed.2d 152 (1988); Bertolotti v. Dugger, 514 So.2d 1095 (Fla. 1987). Compare State v. James, 404 So.2d 1181, 1182 (Fla. 2d DCA 1981) (upon complete destruction of evidence by the state, "defendant generally must show that the destruction of evidence resulted in some demonstrable prejudice to him.").