WILLIAMS v. STATE

No. K-255.

226 So.2d 348 (1969)

Kenneth Roosevelt WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. First District.

September 11, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis O. Frost, Jr., Public Defender, Charles P. Pillans and Walter L. Robison, Sp. Asst. Public Defenders, for appellant. (On Appeal).

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., George R. Georgieff, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


SPECTOR, Judge.

Appellant was convicted on two counts of automobile theft in a trial by jury.

It is urged by appellant that the trial judge erroneously instructed the jury that guilt could be inferred from appellant's unexplained possession of recently stolen goods.

The trial court included in its instructions to the jury the following:

"Now, I also charge you that the unexplained possession of goods recently stolen is a circumstance from...

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