White v. State
Citation | 375 So.2d 622 |
Decision Date | 10 October 1979 |
Docket Number | No. 77-1358,77-1358 |
Parties | Larry L. WHITE, a/k/a Larry Leon Higdon, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. |
Court | Court of Appeal of Florida (US) |
Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender and Tatjana Ostapoff, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and John D. Cecilian, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.
Appellant seeks reversal of a conviction of burglary of a structure and sentence to confinement in the Florida State Prison for a term of fifteen years.
The appellee does not take issue with the facts of the case as recited in appellant's brief. Thus, we repeat appellant's Statement of the Facts:
Appellant denied involvement in the burglary and stated that he had just finished repairing his car when the police stopped him. He stated further that the police took him back to the window of the burglarized house and when pushed he grabbed the window sill to keep from falling.
Appellant contends the trial court erred in allowing the officer to describe the footprint found at the scene and the shoes appellant was wearing at the time of his apprehension. He also asserts the sentence imposed was excessive.
Officer Langley testified over defense objection that the footprint found at the rear of the house in question was size 10, smooth, without printed matter and had a two inch heel. He then described a...
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