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By Jeffrey Ivashuk

Criminal law -- Carrying concealed firearm -- Resisting officer without violence -- Error to deny motion for judgment of acquittal on firearms charge where state failed to prove that firearm in question had been concealed prior to its discovery by police -- No error in denying motion for judgment of acquittal on resisting charge where evidence was sufficient to establish that defendant was aware when he ran away that uniformed officer intended to detain him     Reported at 33 Fla. L. Weekly D1986a Criminal law -- Driving under influence with serious bodily injury -- DUI manslaughter -- Evidence -- Statements of defendant -- Trial court correctly concluded that suppression of defendant's incriminating statements was not warranted because state sustained its burden of presenting independent evidence that tended to place defendant behind wheel of car which caused accident, thereby establishing corpus delicti of crimes charged    Reported at 33 Fla...continue to full post

Full post as published by JAABlog on August 16, 2008 (boomark / email).