Case Name: Olajide EGBERONGBE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2000-06-06
Citations: 765 So. 2d 108
Docket Number: No. 1D98-1109
Parties: Olajide EGBERONGBE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: BOOTH and WOLF, JJ., concur; ERVIN, J., concurs with written opinion.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 765
Pages: 108–111

Head Matter:
Olajide EGBERONGBE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 1D98-1109.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
June 6, 2000.
Rehearing Denied July 26, 2000.
Robert Augustus Harper and Steven Brian Whittington of Robert Augustus Harper Law Firm, P.A., Tallahassee; Edward S. Stafman, Tallahassee, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; Edward C. Hill, Jr., Assistant Attorney General; James W. Rogers, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Appeals — Bureau Chief, Tallahassee, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This is a timely appeal from a conviction and sentence for second-degree murder. The only direct evidence presented by the state consisted of testimony from an eyewitness who implicated appellant's brother as the perpetrator, rather than appellant. Moreover, the scientific and circumstantial evidence presented by the state did not clearly contradict that testimony. We conclude that the evidence will not sustain appellant's conviction; therefore, we need not reach the remaining issues raised on appeal. We reverse the conviction and remand with directions to enter a judgment of acquittal.
Reversed and remanded with directions.
BOOTH and WOLF, JJ., concur; ERVIN, J., concurs with written opinion.