BENEFIELD v. STATE

No. 2956.

151 So.2d 650 (1963)

J.C. BENEFIELD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Second District.

Rehearing Denied February 27, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Fogle of Fogle, Wilson & Shingler, St. Petersburg, and Lindsey & Cargell, St. Petersburg Beach, for appellant.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, James G. Mahorner, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Robert R. Crittenden, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lakeland, for appellee.


SCOTT, CHARLES R., Associate Judge.

The appellant, J.C. Benefield, was charged with the crime of grand larceny on a direct information filed by the State Attorney of Pinellas County and was subsequently convicted by a trial jury of the crime of an attempt to commit grand larceny after the Court had previously directed a verdict of acquittal on the charge of grand larceny upon the conclusion of the state's case.

Motion for new trial was denied and appellant...

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