K.W.U. v. STATE

No. 78-940.

367 So.2d 647 (1979)

K.W.U., a Juvenile, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied March 5, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Elliot H. Scherker, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Calvin L. Fox, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before PEARSON, BARKDULL and HUBBART, JJ.


PEARSON, Judge.

The controlling question presented on this appeal is whether the rule that when circumstantial evidence is relied upon to prove guilt, it must be consistent only with guilt and must exclude every reasonable hypothesis of innocence, see Davis v. State, 90 So.2d 629 (Fla. 1956), and Forbes v. State, 210 So.2d 246 (Fla. 3d DCA 1968), is applicable when the only element...

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