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CONE v. STATE

69 So.2d 175 (1953)

CONE v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Florida. Special Division B.

Rehearing Denied January 20, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.C. Adkins, J.C. Adkins, Jr., and Phillip Barton, Gainesville, for appellant.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and Bart L. Cohen, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

TERRELL, Justice.

Appellant was tried and convicted of larceny of an automobile. He was sentenced to serve five years in the state penitentiary and prosecuted this appeal from that judgment.

The material question urged for our consideration challenges the following instruction to the jury:

"Now with reference to the possession of recently stolen property, the unexplained possession of recently stolen goods is sufficient basis for a verdict of guilty...

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