Case Name: Clarence KEMP, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee; Paul L. WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1971-11-16
Citations: 254 So. 2d 228
Docket Number: Nos. P-36, P-37
Parties: Clarence KEMP, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. Paul L. WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: WIGGINTON and CARROLL, DONALD K., JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 254
Pages: 228–228

Head Matter:
Clarence KEMP, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. Paul L. WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Nos. P-36, P-37.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Nov. 16, 1971.
Richard W. Ervin, III, Public Defender, and John W. Watson, III, Asst. Public Defender, for appellants.
Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and A. S. Johnston, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Opinion:
SPECTOR, Chief Judge.
Appellants were convicted after a jury trial for possession of a short-barrelled shotgun. In another case not presently before us, both appellants were charged and convicted of robbery. During the course of the robbery, one of the appellants here wielded the shotgun in question while his companion, the other appellant, used a pistol. Both weapons were used to accomplish the joint venture on which appellants had embarked; to wit, the robbery. The possession was joint and mutual. The manual possession and use of the weapons held by the respective appellants aided and abetted the other to possess the weapon he held.
In circumstances such as these where one of two or more persons possesses a weapon unlawfully for the purpose of committing an offense to which all are a party, the weapon is possessed jointly by the participants.
The judgments reviewed herein are affirmed on authority of Maloney v. State, 146 So.2d 581 (Fla.App.1962); and Wood v. State, 230 So.2d 484 (Fla.App.1970).
WIGGINTON and CARROLL, DONALD K., JJ., concur.