LETT v. STATE

No. 5608.

174 So.2d 568 (1965)

David John LETT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Second District.

April 30, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph G. Spicola, Jr., Public Defender and Marcus A. Wilkinson, III, Asst. Public Defender, Tampa, for appellant.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Robert G. Stokes, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lakeland, for appellee


PER CURIAM.

Represented by the public defender, the defendant, David John Lett was tried by jury and found guilty of the crime of robbery.

On appeal he first complains that the trial court erred in failing to direct a verdict of acquittal at the close of the state's case. Contrarily the state submits that it presented a prima facie case and that the court properly submitted it to the jury. We agree. A defendant moving for a directed verdict of acquittal admits...

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