HALE v. STATE

No. 92-04304.

651 So.2d 97 (1994)

Richard G. HALE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

November 30, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth L. Hapner of Elizabeth L. Hapner, P.A., Tampa, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Ann P. Corcoran, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant challenges his judgment and sentence for the first degree murder of his wife. He contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion for judgment of acquittal since the evidence was insufficient to prove premeditation. We disagree.

The question of whether circumstantial evidence excludes all reasonable hypotheses of innocence is for the jury to determine and, where the evidence is competent to support the jury verdict, it will not...

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