STATE v. HOOTEN

No. 1715.

122 So.2d 336 (1960)

STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Jack HOOTEN, Also Known As J.H. Hooten, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Second District.

Rehearing Denied August 8, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen.; Odis M. Henderson, Asst. Atty. Gen.; Gordon Oldham, Jr., Leesburg; and John McCormick, Mount Dora, for petitioner.

Sanders, McEwan, Schwarz & Mims, Orlando, and Sellar & Howell, Leesburg, for respondent.


KANNER, Judge.

An indictment1 was returned by a grand jury to the Circuit Court of Lake County against the respondent, Jack Hooten, also known as J.H. Hooten, under charge that he commited a misdemeanor within the purview of section 839.07, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., through selling to the county, for use as a county barn site, land in which he had an ownership interest while serving as a county commissioner. Since the offense charged was...

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