PATTERSON v. STATE

No. 79-1587/T4-667.

391 So.2d 344 (1980)

Joe Louis PATTERSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

December 17, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender and Robert C. Fallon, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee and Edwin H. Duff, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach for appellee.


ORFINGER, Judge.

Appellant, convicted by a jury of burglary of a structure, contends that the trial court erred in not granting a directed verdict of acquittal made at the close of the State's case and renewed at the close of the defense case. The evidence of ownership is alleged to be insufficient. We affirm.

The motion for directed verdict of acquittal was based on the ground that "the State has not presented a sufficient amount of evidence so as to constitute...

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