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Young v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Jan 11, 1983
424 So. 2d 960 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983)

Opinion

No. 81-1219.

January 11, 1983.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Dade County, Fredricka G. Smith, J.

Lyons Farrar, Miami, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Diane Zimmer Leeds, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BARKDULL, J., and KAPNER, LEWIS, Associate Judge.


We conclude that the only evidence at the trial which was admissible against the defendant-appellant, his own statement, was insufficient as a matter of law to justify the jury finding that he was guilty of the crime of false imprisonment. Sec. 787.02, Fla. Stat. (1979); see A.Y.G. v. State, 414 So.2d 1158 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982); Perez v. State, 390 So.2d 85 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980); Pack v. State, 381 So.2d 1199 (Fla. 2d DCA 1980); Lockett v. State, 262 So.2d 253 (Fla. 4th DCA 1972); Douglas v. State, 214 So.2d 653 (Fla. 3d DCA 1968). As in the cases cited, Young could, at most, properly have been convicted only of being an accessory after the fact of his co-defendant's commission of the offense, a crime with which the appellant was not charged. See A.Y.G. v. State, supra, 414 So.2d at 1159. For this reason, the judgment under review is reversed with directions to discharge the defendant.

KAPNER, LEWIS, Associate Judge, dissents.


Summaries of

Young v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Jan 11, 1983
424 So. 2d 960 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983)
Case details for

Young v. State

Case Details

Full title:RONALD YOUNG, APPELLANT, v. THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Jan 11, 1983

Citations

424 So. 2d 960 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983)