Case Name: Joseph C. HUTCHINS, a/k/a Luther S. Hutchins, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2001-09-05
Citations: 795 So. 2d 1014
Docket Number: No. 2D00-1456
Parties: Joseph C. HUTCHINS, a/k/a Luther S. Hutchins, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: ALTENBERND, A.C.J., and CASANUEVA, J., Concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 795
Pages: 1014–1014

Head Matter:
Joseph C. HUTCHINS, a/k/a Luther S. Hutchins, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 2D00-1456.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Sept. 5, 2001.
James A. Wardell of Suarez & Wardell, P.A., Tampa, for Appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Erica M. Raffel, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appel-lee.

Opinion:
NORTHCUTT, Judge.
A jury convicted Joseph C. Hutchins of possession of a firearm by a violent career criminal. He finds fault in the denial of his motion to recuse the judge who heard his pretrial motions, the denial of his motion to suppress his incul-patory statements to the arresting officers, and the sufficiency of the evidence to prove his guilt.- We reject the first contention without comment. The second issue was not preserved for appeal because Hutchins's trial counsel failed to object when evidence of his statements was presented to the jury. See Routly v. State, 440 So.2d 1257, 1260 (Fla.1983). Finally, with those statements in evidence, the proof sufficed to support Hutchins's conviction.
Affirmed.
ALTENBERND, A.C.J., and CASANUEVA, J., Concur.