PROKOS v. STATE

No. 67-157.

209 So.2d 484 (1968)

John PROKOS and Shirley Condas, a/K/a Shirley Prokos, Appellants, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District.

Rehearing Denied May 17, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lurie & Capuano, Miami, for appellants.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., and Jesse J. McCrary, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before CHARLES CARROLL, C.J., and PEARSON and BARKDULL, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

The appellants were informed against, tried and convicted of operating a gambling house and of bookmaking. Appellants seek reversal as to the former of those offenses. A directed verdict was entered in their favor on two counts of the information which charged them with violations of § 822.10 Fla. Stat., F.S.A., dealing with injuring or tapping telegraph or telephone lines.

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