Case Name: Dwayne GARCIA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1991-12-24
Citations: 591 So. 2d 307
Docket Number: No. 90-2245
Parties: Dwayne GARCIA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before HUBBART, COPE and GERSTEN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 591
Pages: 307–308

Head Matter:
Dwayne GARCIA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 90-2245.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Dec. 24, 1991.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Carol J.Y. Wilson and Louis Campbell, Asst. Public Defenders, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Jorge Espinosa, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appel-lee.
Before HUBBART, COPE and GERSTEN, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Dwayne Garcia pled nolo contendere to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, reserving the right to appeal the trial court's denial of his motion to dismiss the charge. Defendant argues that prosecution of that charge was precluded by the doctrine of collateral estoppel, by reason of defendant's acquittal on the severed charges of attempted first degree murder with a firearm and possession of a firearm during a criminal offense. See Gragg v. State, 429 So.2d 1204 (Fla.), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 820, 104 S.Ct. 83, 78 L.Ed.2d 93 (1983). As we view this record, collateral estoppel did not preclude prosecution of defendant on the current charge. We are unable to say that the issue of possession was decided by the jury in the prior case, see 429 So.2d at 1206, as the earlier acquittal was consistent with the theory that defendant possessed a firearm but did not shoot the victim.
Affirmed.