EDWARDS v. STATE

No. 68-1109.

223 So.2d 746 (1969)

Charles Frank EDWARDS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District.

June 17, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Koeppel, Public Defender, and Michael G. Martin, Sp. Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

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

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


PEARSON, Judge.

The appellant was found guilty of and sentenced for the crime of "Attempting to Utter a Forged Instrument". He contends that there is no such crime in this state and that because he was specifically found not guilty of the crime of uttering a forged instrument he must be discharged. We disagree and therefore affirm.

Appellant was charged by an information in two counts with (1) forgery of a check; (2) uttering of a forged check. At the conclusion...

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