ELLIOTT v. STATE

No. H-82.

187 So.2d 44 (1966)

James ELLIOTT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. First District.

June 2, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Buchanan, Jr., Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., and Thomas E. Boyle, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant was indicted and tried for the offense of murder in the first degree. From a verdict and judgment finding and adjudging him guilty of murder in the third degree, this appeal is taken.

The principal point urged by appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the verdict rendered by the jury. The evidence adduced by the State in proof of the charge was entirely circumstantial in character. Appellant submits that although...

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