Case Name: Ronald YOUNG, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1983-01-11
Citations: 424 So. 2d 960
Docket Number: No. 81-1219
Parties: Ronald YOUNG, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BARK-DULL, J., and KAPNER, LEWIS, Associate Judge.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 424
Pages: 960–960

Head Matter:
Ronald YOUNG, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 81-1219.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Jan. 11, 1983.
Lyons & Farrar, Miami, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Diane Zimmer Leeds, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BARK-DULL, J., and KAPNER, LEWIS, Associate Judge.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
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.