MACHIN v. STATE

No. 67-992.

213 So.2d 499 (1968)

Mario MACHIN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District.

Rehearing Denied September 9, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Edward Worton, Key West, for appellant.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., and David Cerf, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before BARKDULL, HENDRY and SWANN, JJ.


SWANN, Judge.

Defendant below, Mario Machin, was tried by jury and found guilty of the crime of arson in the second degree.

On appeal Machin argues three points for reversal. He submits that reversible error was committed by the trial court in denying his motion for a continuance or motion for mistrial when one of his material witnesses, his father, collapsed during the trial and was hospitalized. The record reflects that the testimony of this witness, Armando...

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