TAYLOR v. STATE

No. 74-655.

320 So.2d 428 (1975)

Jay Walton TAYLOR, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied November 10, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Gardner, Public Defender, Sarasota, Harold H. Moore, Asst. Public Defender, and Richard J. Cole, II, Legal Intern, Bradenton, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Richard G. Pippinger, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


SCHEB, Judge.

Appellant, Jay Walton Taylor, was charged with the crime of rape, tried by jury, and found guilty of assault with intent to commit rape.

Appellant's only meritorious point on appeal is whether the trial court's refusal to give a requested jury instruction on when to disregard confessions and admissions and the weight to be given thereto was reversible error. We hold that under the circumstances in this case it was. We reverse.

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