Case Name: Tony A. CARWISE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2002-03-01
Citations: 821 So. 2d 308
Docket Number: No. 5D00-2828
Parties: Tony A. CARWISE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: HARRIS, J., concurs specially with opinion.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 821
Pages: 308–311

Head Matter:
Tony A. CARWISE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 5D00-2828.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
March 1, 2002.
Opinion on Grant of Certification July 19, 2002.
James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Leonard R. Ross, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Alfred Washington, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

Opinion:
THOMPSON, C.J.
Carwise appeals his conviction for conspiracy to commit armed robbery. The trial court should have granted the motion for judgment of acquittal because the state presented insufficient evidence to establish the corpus delicti of the crime prior to admitting Carwise's confession. See Baxter v. State, 586 So.2d 1196 (Fla. 2d DCA 1991)(to establish the corpus delicti of conspiracy, the state must present substantial corroborating evidence that defendant and co-conspirator agreed to commit crime and that the defendant intended to commit the offense)(emphasis added). Accordingly, Carwise's conviction for conspiracy to commit armed robbery is
REVERSED.
HARRIS, J., concurs specially with opinion.
SHARP, W., J., dissents with opinion.