BLITCH v. STATE

No. 66-94.

194 So.2d 1 (1967)

Wilder Morris BLITCH, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District.

Rehearing Denied February 8, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellis S. Rubin, Sheldon M. Yavitz, Miami Beach, for appellant.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., and Arden M. Siegendorf, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before HENDRY, C.J., and PEARSON and CARROLL, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

An information was filed against the defendant for committing the felony of mayhem. The information recites that "said defendant did cut, slit and mutilate the nose of one John Whitney Nixon, Jr., with a broken porcelain beer mug." The defendant entered a plea of not guilty and waived jury trial.

At the conclusion of the state's case in chief, the trial court reduced the charge to aggravated assault on defendant's motion for a directed verdict...

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